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The  Story  of  An  Old  Town 
— Glen  Ellyn 


COPYRIGHT,  1928 
BY  GLEN  NEWS  PRINTING  CO. 


MEMORIAL  EDITION 

2000  COPIES 

DECEMBER  1928 

GLEN  NEWS  PRINTING  CO. 


The  Story  of  An  Old  Town 
— Glen  Ellyn 


Compiled  by 
ADA  DOUGLAS  HARMON 

Edited  by 
AUDRIE  ALSPAUGH  CHASE 

Genealogies  by 
BESSIE  CLUTE  HUWEN 


Published  by 
ANAN  HARMON  CHAPTER  D.  A.  R. 


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^Dedicated  to  the  true  and  tried, 
Those  friends,  whose  loving  zeal 

With  obstacle  and  trial  vied, 
Has  made  this  history  real 

Not  for  pelf  or  short-lived  glory 
But  as  a  pure  labor  of  love 

Is  writ  the  Old  Town's  story, 
Of  truth  and  romance  wove. 

— Ada  Douglas  Harmon 


SPECIAL  THANKS 

The  author  and  the  editor  of  this  book  owe  a  deep  debt  of  gratitude  to 
nearly  everybody  in  the  village,  it  seems,  for  their  invaluable  help  in  informa- 
tion, in  time,  in  material,  without  which  this  book  would  have  been  only  about 
six  pages  big. 

Specifically  we  wish  to  thank  Mrs.  Wilbur  E.  Coe  of  Evanston,  Mrs.  Jessie 
Janes  Garrison  of  Hartford,  Michigan,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Yalding  of  River  Forest, 
Mrs.  Wm.  T.  Daum  of  Villa  Park,  Miss  Clara  S.  Boyle  of  Paw-Paw,  Michigan, 
Mrs.  John  Haight  of  Naperville,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Rogers,  Mrs.  Robert  Boyd,  Mrs. 
Anna  Russell,  Mrs.  Charles  Kerr  of  Florida,  Mrs.  Joseph  Clarke,  Mrs.  B.  B. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Charles  Wimpress,  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Huwen,  Mrs.  A. 
R.  Utt,  Mrs.  E.  O.  Lee,  Mrs.  C.  Glenn  Whitlock,  Mrs.  Sarah  Brookins  of  Ogden 
Road,  Fullersburg,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Alspaugh,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Somerville,  Mrs.  A.  N. 
Fox,  Mrs.  Carl  J.  Richardson,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Shattuc,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Hiatt  and 
Carolyn  Winnen  Scheve. 

This  is  on  the  distaff  side. 

Among  the  men  to  whom  thanks  are  due  are:  the  late  L.  C.  Cooper,  J.  D. 
McChesney,  Charles  McChesney,  Jesse  R.  Wagner,  George  M.  Kendall,  Thomas 
Claffy  of  Beverly  Hills,  Joy  Morton  of  Lisle,  Frank  Beaubien  of  Austin,  H.  S. 
Dodge,  Al  Chase,  Robert  Patch,  Jr.,  Jack  Young,  W.  W.  Shaw,  Jr.,  Joe 
Milmoe,  Edward  W.  Hill,  L.  J.  Hiatt  and  O.  D.  Dodge. 

All  of  these  rendered  special  services  of  various  kinds  which  none  but  the 
makers  of  the  book  can  truly  understand  and  appreciate  and  to  them  special 
gratitude  goes. 

Also  to  the  folks  of  the  Glen  News  printing  plant,  who  gave  such  helpful, 
personal  attention  to  the  mechanical  part  of  the  book,  such  as  would  have 
been  impossible  to  have  had  from  some  cold-blooded  commercial  plant  where 
the  history  would  have  been  simply  a  "job"  instead  of  a  production;  to  them 
is  due  much  of  the  grace  of  grammar,  of  punctuation,  of  style,  of  make-up, 
which  gives  charm  to  the  format:  Florence  G.  Milmoe,  John  L.  Bender, 
Edward  H.  Fell,  William  Scull  and  Naomi  Mueller. 

To  the  countless  folks  who  have  been  called  to  the  telephone  to  answer 
questions  about  this  and  that,  to  those  who  have  been  buttonholed  in  offices 
and  stopped  on  street  corners — to  them  go  countless  thanks  for  countless 
helps. 

SOURCES  OF  INFORMATION 

Some  interesting  material,  available  only  from  books,  came  from  these: 

The  Churchill  Family  in  America,  compilers,  Gardner  Asalp  Churchill  and 
Nathan  Wiley;  editor  and  associate  compiler,  Rev.  George  M.  Bodge. 

History  of  Illinois,  by  Rufus  Blanchard. 

Discovery  and  Conquests  of  the  North  West  with  History  of  Chicago,  by 
Rufus  Blanchard. 

History  of  DuPage  County,  Illinois,  compiled  under  the  direction  and 
supervision  of  the  Board  of  Supervisors,   1876. 

History  of  DuPage  County,  by  Rufus  Blanchard. 

Portrait  and  Biographical  Record  of  DuPage  County,  Illinois,  1894. 

Historical  Encyclopedia  of  Illinois  and  History  of  DuPage  County,  1913. 

The  Book  of  the  Indians,  by  S.  G.  Drake,  1835. 

Geology  and  Geography  of  the  Wheaton  Quadrangle,  by  Arthur  C.  Trow- 
bridge, Bulletin  No.  19. 

History  of  DuPage  County,  by  C.  W.  Richmond  and  H.  Y.  Valette,  1857. 

American  History,  by  D.  H.  Montgomery. 

The  Indian  History  of  Illinois,  by  Ralph  Linton. 

State  Historical  Society  Journal. 

Chicago  Highways,  Old  and  New,  by  Milo  M.  Quaife. 


FOREWORD 

-E  take  much  pleasure  and  a  deal  of  pride  in  offering  this  little  book  to 
Glen  Ellyn  folks.  Working  on  it  and  reading  it  through  has  given  us 
pleasure,  as  we  hope  it  may  you  who  read  it.  Working  on  it  has  also 
given  us  pride,  for  it  was  like  taking  the  different  colors  from  a  box  of  pig- 
ments and  painting  a  picture!  We  took  these  bits  of  facts  from  here  and  there 
and  blended  them  into  what  seems  to  us  a  quaint  and  definite  picture  of  the 
early  days  of  the  village. 

As  a  picture  is  not  so  definite  a  likeness  as  a  photograph,  so  our  painting 
may  not  be  as  perfect  a  likeness,  as  would  a  diagram  made  entirely  from  old 
records.     Nor  would  the  diagram  be  so  interesting. 

Neither  would  the  diagram  be  possible,  for  old  records  are  sketchy  and 
scarce  and  oftentimes  conflicting.  It  was  a  case  of  reading  old  accounts, 
talking  to  old  settlers,  writing  to  relatives  of  old  settlers,  accumulating  a  mass 
of  material,  and  then  sorting,  co-ordinating,  discarding  and  weaving  facts  into 
a  perusable  fabric. 

We  cannot  hope  this  book  may  be  entirely  free  from  error;  with  the 
facilities  at  hand,  it  would  be  impossible  to  achieve  a  perfect  result.  But  we 
do  think  we  have  made  a  picture  of  the  past,  interesting,  informative,  true  to 
the  atmosphere  and  spirit  of  those  days  we  wished  to  re-create  before  they 
were  so  far  gone  as  to  be  completely  smothered  under  the  debris  of  the  present 
being  torn  down  to  make  way  for  the  future. 

As  we  grow  more  finished,  more  cultured,  more  progressive,  we  look  back 
with  more  sympathy  and  appreciation  to  the  beginnings  of  things,  and  so  it  is 
fitting  that  these  beginnings  in  some  measure  should  be  preserved,  for  they 
will  grow  in  value  as  they  recede  from  us. 

We  wish  all  towns  might  follow  this  lead  and  seek  out  their  sources 
before  the  oldest  inhabitants  pass  away  and  the  last  landmarks  fall  before 
modernity.  Their  reward  would  be  in  their  result  and  coming  generations 
would  rise  up  and  call  them  blessed. 

We  have  gone  outside  of  the  exact  limits  of  our  own  village  and  touched 
on  pioneer  bits  in  neighboring  communities,  for  we  felt  that  the  automobile, 
even  more  than  the  oxen  team  of  old,  has  destroyed  distance.  While  we  in 
Glen  Ellyn  are  interested  in  the  details  of  our  own  village  affairs,  yet  we  all 
visit  our  neighbors,  and  we  will  be  glad  to  know  some  of  their  pioneer  high- 
lights, and  recognize  their  spots  sacred  to  pioneer  achievement. 

We  have  mentioned,  rather  freely,  modern  things,  so  that  as  perfect  a 
record  as  possible  might  be  held  for  the  future  to  look  back  upon.  Even  now, 
dates  and  happenings  for  a  half  dozen  years  back  are  vague  in  people's  minds. 
Some  time  these  chronicled  facts  will  be  of  as  great  value  as  those  of  the 
Thirties  or  the  Nineties. 

In  conclusion  we  can  do  no  better  than  quote  from  a  priceless  little  history 
of  DuPage  County  published  in  1857  by  C.  W.  Richmond  and  H.  F.  Vallette 
thus:  "The  authors  propose  to  offer  no  apology  for  the  appearance  of  this 
work.     They  are,  however,  conscious  of  many  of  its  imperfections  to  which  it 

would  be  unwise  in  them  to  draw  the  attention  of  the  public And  if 

anybody  thinks  he  can  write  a  better  history  of  DuPage  County,  we  can  only 
say  to  him  in  the  language  of  the  good  old  deacon  who  made  an  unsuccessful 
attempt  to  preach  in  the  absence  of  the  regular  pastor,  'If  you  really  think  you 
can  do  better,  why  try  it,  that's  all'." 

We'd  like  people  for  their  own  communities  to  try  doing  it  better  than 
we've  done  this,  for  a  pioneer  can  never  blaze  a  perfect  path.  But  a  pioneer 
is  extremely  useful  and  deserves  the  gratitude  of  his  successors. 

So  we,  in  deep  obeisance,  offer  gratitude  to  the  plucky  pioneers,  the  Hob- 
sons,  the  Churchills,  the  Wheatons,  the  Babcocks,  the  Dodges,  the  Napers,  the 
Blodgetts,  the  McChesneys,  the  Stacys,  all  those  who  bravely  crossed  the 
trackless  sloughs  and  woods  and  prairies  and  laid  the  foundations  for  our 
happy  and  flourishing  county  and  village. 

ADA  DOUGLAS  HARMON 
AUDRIE  ADSPAUGH  CHASE 


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To  these  good  friends  whose  encouragement  and  substantial 
gifts  have  made  possible  this  printed  book — 
This  page  is  dedicated: 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  H.  Baethke 

Frances  B.  Hopper 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  H.  Kampp 

Mr.  and  Mrs.   Benjamin  F.   March 

The   McChesneys 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  J.  Milmoe 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  F.  Pelham 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  A.  Rogers 

Marian  B.  Saunders 

Lillian  King  Shattuc 

Dr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  W.  iSomerville 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alfred  R.  Utt 


AN  APPRECIATION 

To  one  who  loves  books  and  the  mechanics  of  books  in  the  making  as 
does  Audrie  Alspaugh  Chase,  we  know  that  the  infinite  patience  and  labor 
and  the  months  of  work  she  has  put  into  the  editing  of  this  book  have  been  a 
labor  of  love. 

Those  of  us  looking  on,  who  have  seen  and  appreciated  the  long  hours, 
deep  interest  and  unselfish  gift  of  time  and  thought  devoted  to  the  task  of 
bringing  it  to  a  satisfactory  completion  through  her  splendid  co-operation, 
acknowledge  a  debt  we  can  never  repay. 

— ANAN  HARMON  CHAPTER, 
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Ada  Douglas  Harmon  In  Her  Garden 


To  the  author  of  this  book 

Miss  Ada  Douglas  Harmon 

a  Tribute 

Miss  Ada  Douglas  Harmon  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  in  1892,  from  Champaign, 
Illinois,  her  childhood  home.  She  had  been  a  student  at  the  University  of 
Illinois  under  its  first  President,  Dr.  Gregory.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the  Art 
Institute,  of  the  Class  of  1880,  and  also  studied  art  for  five  years  in  Milwaukee, 
under  Mrs.  Alexander  Mitchell. 

She  early  became  identified  with  the  promotion  of  all  the  cultural  activities 
of  the  little  village,  and  the  Glen  Ellyn  of  today  owes  much  of  its  substantial 
possession  of  the  ameliorants  of  life  to  the  cumulative  effect  of  her  influence. 
Without  the  efforts  of  Miss  Harmon  and  her  cousin,  Miss  Kate  Sheldon  Treat, 
the  establishment  of  the  Free  Public  Library  would  possibly  have  been  de- 
ferred many  years.  The  boulder  placed  in  Stacy  Park,  by  the  side  of  the 
old  trail,  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  the  pioneers  of  this  locality,  was  the 
fulfilment  of  Miss  Harmon's  long  dream. 

The  artistic  and  studious  bent  of  Miss  Harmon's  nature  was  always 
strongly  evident.  She  produced  work  of  much  merit  in  pottery  and  in  land- 
scape painting,  but  her  outstanding  accomplishment  in  this  direction  is  a 
series  of  water-colors  of  the  wild  flowers  of  DuPage  County.  Numbering  175 
separate  compositions,  each  painted  from  nature,  some  representing  species 
now  extinct,  this  series  is  a  veritable  pictorial  catalogue  of  the  native  flora  of 


this    locality   and    constitutes   a   valuable    reference    work   which    should   be 
permanently  preserved. 

The  recital  of  the  objective  fruits  of  Miss  Harmon's  rare  gifts  might  be 
continued  almost  indefinitely.  But  now,  what  of  the  subjective  character  of 
this  woman?  Suffice  to  say  it  is  congruous  with  her  works.  The  act  of 
having  written  a  book  such  as  "The  Story  of  an  Old  Town"  reveals  the 
character  of  its  author  in  a  clearer  light  than  could  any  words  of  another. 

Consider  the  fundamental  prerequisites  to  the  production  of  this  book, — ■ 
a  genuine  interest  in  the  background  of  early  times  in  this  locality;  a  flair 
amounting  almost  to  genius  for  research  by  induction,  (since  the  sources  of 
local  history  could  be  discovered  only  by  tracing  backward  along  currents  of 
life  as  manifest  in  the  author's  generation);  a  deeply  sympathetic  nature, 
which  could  recreate  in  its  own  understanding  the  picture  of  times  long  gone; 
endless  patience,  and  faith  which  was  proof  against  all  discouragement. 
These,  and  a  humanitarian's  love  for  humanity,  have  produced  this  book,  the 
crowning  service  of  a  long  life  rich  in  service. 

So,  let  us  turn  with  Miss  Harmon  to  "The  Story  of  an  Old  Town."  Let 
us  translate  ourselves  in  imagination  back  to  other  days. 

"At  evening,  when  the  blood-red  crest 
Of  sunset  passes  through  the  west, 

I  hear  the  whispering  host  returning; 
On  far-off  field,  by  elm  and  oak, 
I  see  the  light, — I  smell  the  smoke, — 

The  campfires  of  the  past  are  burning." 

CHRISTINE  J.  WHITLOCK. 


LIST    OF    ILLUSTRATIONS 

Deacon  Winslow  Churchill's  Cabin Cover  Vignette 

From  pen-and-ink  sketch  by  Miss  Harmon  from  her  original 
painting  of  cabin,  done  in  1892 

Map  of  Danby First  End  Pages 

Drawn  by  Miss  Harmon;  Inked  by  Christine  J.  Whitlock 

Ada  Douglas  Harmon  in  Her  Garden 12 

From  photo  by  George  M.  Kendall 

Black  Hawk 24 

From  pen-and-ink  sketch  by  Miss  Harmon 

Bailey  Hobson 24 

From  old  tintype,  loaned  by  Mrs.  Hally  Haight 

Clarissa   Hobson _ 24 

From  photograph,  gift  of  Mrs.  Haight  to  D.  A.  R. 

Millstone  in  Hobson  Mill 25 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Kendall 

Bailey  Hobson  Tavern 25 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Kendall 

First  Frame  House  in  the  County 28 

From  photo  by  Bessie  Clute  Huwen 

Deacon  Winslow  Churchill 29 

From  portrait,  gift  of  Mrs.  Hattie  Wimpress  to  D.  A.  R. 

Mercy  Dodge  Churchill 29 

From  daguerrotype,  loaned  by  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge 

Seth  Churchill's  Cabin 30 

From  photo  by  Edith  McCormick 

Col.  Warren's  House  in  Warrenville _ 31 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

Pre-Emption  House  in  Naperville 32 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Kendall 

Castle  Inn  in  Fullersburg _ 34 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

Stacy's  Tavern 36 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

Stage  Coach 36 

From  pen-and-ink  sketch  by  Miss  Harmon 

Indian  Signal  Hill  on  Naperville  Road...,. 42 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

Map  of  Stacy's  Corners 43 

As  remembered  by  William  Christian,  drawn  by  Al  Chase 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Dodge _ 46 

From  photo  loaned  by  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge 

Land  Grant  from  President  Polk 48 

From  original,  loaned  by  Mrs.  Hattie  Wimpress 

"The  Pioneer" - 50 

From  photo,  gift  of  Fred  W.  Sargent,  President  of  C.  &  N.  W.  R.  R. 


Dutch  Windmill  in  Mount  Emblem  Cemetery 52 

South  Main  Street  Elms 53 

Walter  Sabin 54 

From  photograph  loaned  by  Lucille  Rhoades 

Mansion  House _ 55 

Gift  of  Wilbur  Cooper  to  D.  A.  R. 

Barnard  House  on  Crescent  Boulevard 56 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Kendall 

Warrenville  Church  (now  Albright  Studio) 57 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

Capt.  Janes'  Home 58 

From  photo  by  Miss  Harmon 

Duane  Street  School  ( 1862 ) 61 

Gift  of  Hermon  Cooper  to  D.  A.  R. 

Capt.  Albert  S.  Janes 66 

From  photograph  loaned  by  Mattie  Janes  Coe 

Old  Station  at  Main  Street 67 

From  photo,  gift  of  Mrs.  Dodge  to  D.  A.  R. 

Philo   Stacy 69 

From  photo,  gift  of  Mrs.  Dodge  to  D.  A.  R. 

J.  S.  Dodge 72 

From  photograph  loaned  by  Mrs.  Dodge 

Alonzo  Ackerman 72 

From  photograph,  gift  of  Mary  Ackerman  Sherman  to  D.  A.  R. 

Thomas  E.  Hill 74 

Lake  Ellyn 76 

The  Glen  Ellyn  Hotel 77 

From  photo  by  Miss  Harmon 

The  Old  Red  Bridge 79 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Kendall 

The  Churchill  Twins — on  their  91st  birthday 79 

From  photograph  loaned  by  Mrs.  Sherman 

The  Five  Springs 80 

From  photo  by  Miss  Harmon 

Amos  Churchill 83 

From  photo  loaned  by  Mrs.  B.  B.  Curtis 

The  First  Automobile  in  Village 85 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  S.  T.  Jacobs 

Main  Street  in  1906 .88 

From  photo  by  Alexander  Grant 

Main  Street  — Looking  North 95 

Glen  Ellyn  Library 97 

From  photo  by  Irene  Michet 

Georgia  Allen 109 

From  photograph,  gift  of  Rose  Weidman  to  D.  A.  R. 

Glen  Ellyn  High  School  Graduates  (1917) 110 

From  photograph,  loaned  by  Ruth  Sanderson  Phillips 

Charter  Members  of  Anan  Harmon  Chapter,  D.  A.  R 118 

Lake   Ellyn 119 

From  photo  by  H.  B.  Thomas 


Aeroplane  View  of  Village 121 

North  Glen  Ellyn  Blue  Birds _ 122 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

New  Electric  Station _ _ _ 123 

New  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank  Building _ 124 

The  Glen  Theatre 126 

Winter  Scene  in  Stacy  Park _ _ 128 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

Old  Erastus  Ketcham  House. _ 130 

From  photo,  gift  of  Mrs.  B.  F.  Hintze  to  D.  A.  R. 

Old  Ketch — The  Trapper. 131 

From  photograph,  gift  of  Rose  Weidman 

New  First  Congregational  Church 132 

Chicago  Great  Western  Station 141 

From  photo  by  Mrs.  Huwen 

New  Duane  Junior  High 145 

Glenbard  Heavyweight  Team  (Captain,  Benny  Wold) 152 

Glenbard  Lightweight  Team  (Captain,  George  Apostolas) 152 

Glenbard   High 154 

Forest  Hill  Cemetery - 159 

From  photo  by  Edith  McCormick 

First  Marker  Placed  by  Anan  Harmon  Chapter 162 

Crescent  Boulevard  Business _ 193 

From  photo  by  Edward  H.  Fell 

The  Village  Hall 194 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Fell 

The  Newest  Business  District  at  Main  and  Hillside 196 

From  photo  by  Mr.  Fell 

Map  of  DuPage  County,  Showing  Historical  Spots .Last  End  Pages 

Drawn  by  W.  W.  Shaw,  Jr. 


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DU  PAGE  COUNTY 


jr|UPAGE  County  was  first  visited  in  1829,  according  to  records,  by  Bailey 


lp  Hobson  who  rode  in  on  horseback  from  North  Carolina,  and  returned  two 
C  years  later,  in  1831  to  make  the  first  permanent  settlement,  installing  his 
family  and  setting  up  a  grist  mill.  Willard  Scott  had  hunted  through  the 
county  and  discovered  the  DuPage  River  the  previous  year. 

The  county  was  officially  organized  in  1839,  so  rapidly  did  the  politically 
minded  New  England  settlers  sweep  in.  The  township  organization  went  into 
effect  in  1850,  when  the  county  took  its  present  shape  and  dimensions,  which 
include  an  area  of  345  square  miles.  Its  population  in  1850  was  9,290;  its 
estimated  population  in  1927,  was  90,000. 

From  no  railroads  at  all  in  1848,  there  now  cross  the  county's  surface  the 
tracks  of  the  Chicago  and  North  Western,  the  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy, 
the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  Pacific,  the  Illinois  Central,  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
and  Santa  Fe,  the  Chicago  Great  Western,  the  Elgin,  Joliet  and  Eastern  and 
the  Chicago,  Aurora  and  Elgin,  railroads. 

Where  Indian  trails  once  threaded  the  grass  grown  prairie,  maps  now 
reveal  the  red  lines  of  concrete  highways,  which  carry  the  speeding  auto- 
mobiles across  the  county  in  less  time  than  it  takes  to  eat  a  good  dinner. 

THE  ELEVEN  NAMES  OF  DU  PAGE  COUNTY 

Illinois  County,  Virginia  Pike  County,  State  of  Illinois 

St.  Clair  County,  Indiana  Territory  Fulton  County,  State  of  Illinois 

St.  Clair  County,  Illinois  Territory  Peoria  County,  State  of  Illinois 

Madison  County,  Illinois  Territory  Cook  County,  State  of  Illinois 

Crawford  County,  Illinois  Territory  DuPage  County,  State  of  Illnois 
Clark  County,  State  of  Illinois 

THE  SEVEN  NAMES  OF  GLEN  ELLYN 

Babeock's  Grove  Danby 

DuPage  Center  Prospect  Park 

Stacy's  Corners  Glen  Ellyn 
Newton's  Station 

THE  FIVE  OWNERS  OF  ILLINOIS 

Indians  English 

Spaniards  Americans 

French 

It's  about  as  cosmopolitan  a  piece  of  territory  as  can  be  found  among  the 
48  states. 

There  are  nine  townships  in  the  county  of  which  Milton  is  the  center; 
the  others  are  Addison,  Bloomingdale,  Downers  Grove,  Lisle,  Naperville,  York, 


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Winfield  and  Wayne.  Milton  Township  as  it  is  now  called,  is  in  Township  39, 
Range  10,  East  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian,  in  the  County  of  DuPage  in  the 
State  of  Illinois.     It  was  known  before  1848  as  Deerfield  Precinct. 

"Town  of  Milton"  the  old  histories  of  DuPage  County  call  it.  In  New 
England  in  the  old  days  the  word  "town"  had  a  different  meaning  from  that 
attached  to  it  today.  The  "town"  might  be  ten  miles  square  and  have  several 
villages  in  it.  The  "Town  of  Milton"  then  is  six  miles  square  and  has  two 
villages  in  it,  Wheaton  and  Glen  Ellyn.  It  was  probably  named  Milton  by 
the  Churchill  family,  after  Milton,  Massachusetts,  a  small  town  of  about 
10,000  inhabitants  a  short  distance  south  of  Boston.  Here  there  was  an  old 
Churchill  estate,  and  here  many  of  the  family  settled  migrating  from  Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  in  the  early  days  of  the  settlement.  Roosevelt  Road 
divides  the  township  squarely  in  two  parts,  both  villages  lying  directly  north 
of  it.    When  the  township  was  organized  in  1850,  there  were  10,000  inhabitants. 

These  are  the  different  settlements,  now  incorporated: 

Naperville,  1831,  by  Capt.  John  Naper. 

Wheaton,  1831,  by  Harry  T.  Wilson  and  Lyman  Butterfield. 

Downers  Grove,  1832,  by  Pierce  Downer. 

Winfield,  1832,  by  Erastus  and  Jude  Gary. 

Glen  Ellyn  (DuPage  Center,  Stacy's  Corners),  1834,  by  Deacon  Winslow 
Churchill. 

Lombard  (Babcock's  Grove,  1833,  by  Ralph  and  Morgan  Babcock;  1834,  by 
Luther  Morton  and  Winslow  Churchill,  Jr.) 

Addison,  1834,  by  Ebenezer  and  Hezekiah  Duncklee. 

Elmhurst  (Cottage  Hill),  1837,  by  John  Glos. 

Bloomingdale,  1839. 

Itasca,  1841,  by  Dr.  Elijah  Smith. 

Hinsdale  (Brush  Hill),  1854,  by  Alfred  Walker. 

West  Chicago   (Turner  Junction),  1856,  by  Hon.  J.  B.  Turner. 

Roselle,  1875,  by  Bernard  Beck. 

Bensenville,  1899. 

Clarendon  Hills,  by  Dr.  H.  F.  Walker. 

Villa  Park. 

Westmont. 

HAMLETS    IN    THE    COUNTY,    NOT    INCORPORATED 

Ardmore 

Cass,  1834,  by  Dr.  Bronson,  Shadrac  Harris  and  Hartell  Cobb. 

Churchville. 

Cloverdale. 

Batavia  Junction. 

Belmont. 

Big  Woods 

Byrenville 

East  Grove. 

Eola,  by  Frederick  Stolp. 

Frontenac 

Fullersburg. 

Gary  Mills,  by  Erastus  and  Jude  Gary. 

Granger. 

Greggs,  highest  point  between  Lake  Michigan  and  Mississippi  River. 

High  Lake. 

Ingalton. 

Lace. 

Lisle,  1832,  by  Luther  Hatch. 


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Meacham,  1833,  by  Silas,  Lyman  and  Harvey  Meacham. 

Munger. 

Ontarioville. 

Sag. 

South  Addison. 

Schick. 

Swift. 

Warrenville,  1834,  by  Col.  J.  M.  Warren. 

Warrenhurst. 

Wayne,  1843,  by  John  Laughlin. 

Wayne  Center. 

Wooddale. 

York  Center,  1834,  by  Elisha  Fish. 

Glen  Ellyn's  legal  and  geographical  description  is:  Sections  10,  11,  12,  14, 
Township  39,  North  Range  10,  East  of  the  Third  Principal  Meridian.  West 
Longitude  88  degrees. 

INDIANS 

WTVERY  one  knows  the  so-called  history  of  this  state:    The  story  of  the 

1IJ,  wars  and  intrigues  of  the  French,  English  and  Americans  with  each 

C^    other  and  with  the  Indians,  but  few  of  us  realize  that  behind  this  lies  a 

period  many  times  as  long,  during  which  nations  rose  and  fell  and  people  of 

many  tongues  swept  back  and  forth  across  what  is  now  the  State  of  Illinois. 

"Passing  now  to  the  Indians  of  recent  times,  we  find  when  LaSalle 
entered  the  state  December  6,  1679,  most  of  it  was  held  by  five  tribes  who 
spoke  the  same  language  and  modestly  called  themselves  Illiniwek,  "The  men" 
as  distinguished  from  all  the  rest  of  the  world,  who  did  not  amount  to  much  in 
their  eyes. 

"As  the  Illinois  became  weakened  (by  the  wars  with  the  Iroquois)  there 
flowed  a  stream  of  hunting  tribes  from  the  northwest  into  the  lands  thus  left 
vacant,  the  Potowatomi,  Kickapoo,  Sauk  and  Fox,  with  the  Winnebago  and 
Chippewa  at  their  heels. 

"They  spread  over  the  land  formerly  held  by  the  Illinois  and  Miami.  The 
Potowatomi  established  themselves  in  northwestern  Indiana  and  Eastern  Illi- 
nois, while  to  the  south  of  them  the  Kickapoo  took  up  their  position.  The 
Potowatomi  ceded  their  land  to  the  government  on  September  26,  1833." — The 
Indian  History  of  Illinois  by  Ralph  Linton,  University  of  Illinois. 

DuPage  County  was  the  abode  of  many  prehistoric  animals  in  the  misty 
ages  of  the  past,  long  before  the  known  Indian  inhabitants.  The  remains  of 
mastodons  have  been  found  in  several  places.  The  skeleton  of  one  was  found 
near  Wheaton  in  1864,  while  at  Aurora  a  pair  of  tusks,  ten  feet  long  and 
ten  inches  in  diameter  at  the  base,  and  weighing  200  pounds,  were  found  also. 
The  rich  grass  of  the  prairies  and  the  young  trees  of  the  forest  afforded  an 
abundance  of  food  for  them. 

The  large  Indian  villages  of  the  county  were  at  Glen  Ellyn,  Bonaparte, 
Naperville,  Fullersburg  and  Sag.  There  was  an  almost  continuous  string  of 
these  villages  along  the  Des  Plaines  river  as  far  north  as  the  village  of  Des 
Plaines. 

The  Potowatomi  had  established  themselves  in  the  territory  about  Lake 
Michigan  in  Indiana  and  Illinois.  When  the  first  pioneers  came  to  this  section 
of  the  country,  there  was  a  large  village  or  camp  of  these  Indians,  numbering 
500  or  more  on  the  east  bank  of  the  DuPage  river  and  south  of  the  trail,  now 
called  St.  Charles  Road.  Another  large  village  was  situated  on  the  Indian 
Army  Trail,  a  mile  north  of  the  Five  Corners. 

The  Potowatomi  burying  grounds  were  placed  along  the  DuPage  river 
and  its  vicinity.  One  is  said  to  have  been  on  the  east  side  of  Main  street, 
between  Hawthorne  and  Maple  streets. 


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The  DuPage  river  which  rises  in  the  northern  part  of  the  county  has  some 
peculiar  features  that  are  found  in  no  other  river  of  the  state.  It  has  an 
abundance  of  springs  scattered  along  its  banks  from  the  Forks  to  the  north 
state  line.  On  the  west  bank,  the  soil  is  black  running  into  prairie  land;  on  the 
east,  it  is  clay,  timber-covered.  It's  a  beautiful,  placid  little  stream  that  ripples 
on  its  way,  its  two  forks,  the  eastern  and  western,  unite  about  four  miles 
south  of  the  southern  boundary  of  the  county,  falling  later  into  the  Des 
Plaines  river,  this  together  with  the  Kankakee  forming  the  Illinois  river. 
This  final  union  is  as  noble  a  piece  of  scenery  as  you'd  wish  to  see,  the  two 
smaller  rivers  joining  at  the  base  of  a  magnificent  bluff,  known  as  Dresden 
Heights,  to  form  the  Illinois.  This  bluff  is  the  destination  of  a  pleasant  sum- 
mer drive  and  is  reached  by  going  about  ten  miles  southwest  of  Joliet  on 
Route  7,  through  Channahon,  then  keeping  a  sharp  lookout  for  a  crude  little 
board  sign  that  points  you  east  down  a  lane  a  couple  of  miles  to  one  of  Illinois' 
greatest  outlooks. 

Buffalo  also  roved  over  the  country,  their  tracks  making  a  trail  through 
the  lush  prairie  grass.  As  they  followed  each  other,  they  cut  deep  tracks 
into  the  soft  loam  of  the  prairie  which  were  used  by  the  Indians  on  their 
journeyings  to  and  fro.  There  were  large  herds  of  deer  ranging  through 
the  forests.  There  were  foxes  and  wolves,  prairie  chickens,  wild  turkeys  and 
quail,  wild  geese  or  brants,  wild  pigeons,  ducks,  sandhill  cranes,  mink  and 
squirrels.  The  wolves  proved  such  a  menace  after  the  coming  of  the  settlers 
that  the  government  offered  $5.00  bounty  for  each  wolf  three  months  old. 

The  prairies  and  swamps  were  not  only  thickly  covered  with  the  prairie 
grass  but  countless  varieties  of  the  most  gorgeous  wild  flowers  bloomed  in 
the  utmost  profusion. 

It  was  the  custom  of  the  Indians  to  set  fire  to  the  prairie  in  the  fall  of 
each  year.  The  grass  grown  very  high  impeded  their  view  across  the  prairie; 
besides  the  fires  drove  the  game  into  the  forests  where  it  was  easily  trapped 
and  killed  to  provide  the  winter's  supply  of  food.  The  fires  extended  for  miles 
with  nothing  to  stay  their  fury,  and  were  a  great  menace  to  the  little 
settlements  along  the  DuPage  River. 

On  the  Naperville  road  about  a  mile  south  of  Wheaton,  is  an  Indian  signal 
hill,  on  the  west  side  of  the  road.  It's  the  highest  point  in  the  county  and  the 
view  from  its  crest  is  magnificent.  One  can  see  in  every  direction  the  fair  and 
smiling  landscape  spread  out  in  its  green  mantle.  The  hill  is  very  symmetrical, 
gradually  rising  from  the  flat  plain  around  it.  It  is  a  bit  longer  from  east  to 
west  and  has  a  few  native  old  oak  trees  on  the  top.  Gen.  Scott's  army  camped 
on  it  during  the  Black  Hawk  War.  It's  now  called  Round  Grove,  and  it  has 
been  proposed  that  it  should  be  acquired  for  a  public  park. 

Most  of  the  present  highways  were  Indian  trails  in  the  days  before  history. 
Joliet  Road  was  an  old  Indian  trail  and  is  one  of  the  oldest  highways  in  the 
county.    It  is  called  Park  Boulevard,  after  it  enters  Glen  Ellyn. 

Father  Jacques  Marquette,  French  Jesuit  missionary,  was  the  first  white 
man  to  set  foot  in  the  county  of  DuPage  in  1673. 

He  was  born  in  Laon,  France,  in  1637,  and  was  therefore  36  years  old  at 
the  time  he  made  his  journey  of  discovery  to  the  country  that  was  to  become 
Illinois. 

It  was  from  St.  Ignace  mission,  just  opposite  the  island  of  Mackinac  that 
Father  Marquette,  Joliet,  the  explorer,  and  five  men  set  forth  in  two  birch 
bark  canoes  on  their  journeys  to  brave  the  unknown  wilderness.  Their  outfit 
consisted  of  a  bag  of  corn  meal,  a  string  of  dried  beef  and  a  blanket  apiece, 
also  beads  and  crosses  for  gifts  to  the  Indians.  Father  Marquette's  mission 
was  to  carry  the  cross  and  his  religion  to  the  natives  and  Joliet's  was  to 
establish  trade  for  the  French  and  enable  them  to  occupy  the  country. 

It  was  mid-summer  when  they  reached  the  mouth  of  the  Aux  Plaines  river, 
then  called  "the  Divine."     In  the  course  of  their  journey,  they  went  through 


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the  southeastern  edge  of  DuPage  county  along  the  river,  stopping  for  a  few 
days  at  an  Indian  camp. 

This  is  our  most  historic  site,  the  Sag,  so  called  for  the  Saquenash  Indians 
who  inhabited  the  valleys  thereabouts.  It  is  ten  miles  south  of  the  present 
village  of  Downers  Grove,  but  due  to  the  changing  river  course  is  now  just 
over  the  line  in  Cook  County. 

It  was  the  seat  of  an  Indian  village  and  on  the  hill  where  the  little 
Catholic  Church  of  St.  James  of  the  Sag  Bridge  now  stands,  there  was  an 
old  Indian  burying  ground.  Also  later  there  was  a  fort  on  the  hill,  a  drawing 
of  which  may  be  seen  at  the  Chicago  Historical  Society. 

The  little  cnurch  is  near  the  site  of  Marquette's  mission,  and  it  is  sur- 
rounded by  a  burying  ground  like  the  churches  of  New  England.  The  present 
cemetery  was  established  in  1849,  but  there  are  tombs  bearing  the  date  of  1819 
and  1849.  These  were  undoubtedly  bodies  that  had  been  brought  there  for 
burial.  The  first  church  and  school  were  in  a  log  cabin  near  the  point  of  the 
hill  in  1849. 

Chief  Waubunsie  and  his  tribe  lived  on  the  site  of  Downers  Grove  previous 
to  the  coming  of  Pierce  Downer  in  1832.  The  hunting  ground  between  here 
and  the  Sag  was  called  Ausagaunaskee,  meaning  "The  tall  grass  valley." 
Indian  trails  quite  plainly  marked  are  to  be  seen  still  in  wooded  portions  of 
this  location. 

Marquette  discovered  the  Mississippi  on  this  journey,  and  Chicago,  also, 
for  he  and  Joliet  were  the  first  white  men  to  enter  the  Chicago  river  and  the 
first  white  men  to  cross  the  Chicago  Portage,  from  the  Aux  Plaines  river  to 
the  South  Branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  escorted  by  their  Indian  guides.  This 
Portage  was  older  than  history  and  had  been  used  by  Indians  for  untold  ages. 

Marquette's  route  was  up  the  Illinois,  up  the  Aux  Plaines,  up  a  short 
creek  that  connected  Mud  Lake  and  then  the  portage  of  a  mile  and  a  half  to 
the  west  fork  of  the  south  branch  of  the  Chicago  river,  then  on  to  Lake 
Michigan.  This  route  was  used  until  1836  by  the  fur  traders,  Indians  and 
early  frontiersmen. 

A  year  later,  Marquette  died,  victim  of  the  hardships  endured  on  his  two 
voyages.  He  was  37  years  old;  what  a  marvelous  achievement,  what  self 
denial,  what  energetic  determination,  what  religious  zeal,  what  lasting  fame 
was  his,  for  which  he  paid  with  his  life! 

From  1673  to  1800,  a  stretch  of  127  years,  until  the  time  of  DuPage,  the 
fur  trader,  no  white  man  entered  the  county.  For  over  a  hundred  and  fifty 
years  it  had  awaited  the  coming  of  the  pioneer;  through  summer  storm  and 
sunshine,  through  the  blasts  of  winter  when  the  snow  king  reigned,  it  had 
bided  the  advent  of  the  white  man;  no  voice  but  that  of  the  Indian  broke  its 
eternal  silence;  the  wild  beast  roved  through  the  forests  and  across  the 
prairies  that  were  soon  to  awaken  to  the  thrill  of  a  new  race  and  a  new 
life  on  its  virgin  soil. 

And  now  the  stage  is  set  for  the  coming  of  the  pioneer. 

1800  DuPage  (Du  Pazhe,  original  French)  French  trapper,  hunter  and  fur 
trader,  following  the  trail  blazed  in  1673-4  by  Marquette  and  Joliet, 
settled  at  the  mouth  of  the  DuPage  river,  at  the  junction  of  the  forks,  a 
few  miles  south  of  Naperville's  present  site.  He  built  a  trading  post, 
some  log  houses  enclosed  in  a  stockade.  He  was  an  agent  for  the 
American  Fur  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  and  had  under  him  a  band  of  French- 
Canadian  half  breeds  who  carried  out  the  furs  in  pack  loads  on  their 
backs,  or  if  it  was  the  spring  of  the  year  and  the  Aux  Plaines  river  in 
flood,  in  canoes  to  the  Indian  camp  on  the  site  of  Chicago.  From  here 
they  were  carried  in  bateaux  to  Mackinac  and  later  shipped  to  Montreal 
and  then  to  Europe.  The  furs,  pelts  from  bear,  deer,  fox,  wolf,  coyote, 
beaver,  mink,  musk-rat  and  buffaloes,  were  brought  by  the  Potowatomi 
and  Kickapoo  Indians  to  trade  for  powder,  shot,  flints,  bright  calicoes. 


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1800  beads  and  other  trinkets.  They  pitched  their  tepees  on  the  opposite  side 
of  the  river  from  the  trading  post,  where  the  old  men,  squaws  and 
papooses  remained,  while  the  warriors  crossed  the  river  in  their  canoes 
to  dicker  with  DuPage. 

Like  many  Frenchmen  of  the  period  DuPage  probably  had  a  squaw  for 
his  wife  and  he  had  great  influence  over  the  Indians.  His  dress  was  of 
fringed  buckskin.  Tanned  and  bare-headed,  his  hair  long  and  black,  he 
looked  like  an  Indian  when  speaking  their  language  fluently.  After  the 
trading  was  ended,  there  was  always  a  great  pow-wow,  of  dancing  and 
feasting. 

DuPage,  though  little  is  known  of  him,  was  of  enough  importance  to 
leave  his  name  to  the  county  and  the  river. 

1803  Fort  Dearborn  erected.  Since  this  date,  Chicago  has  been  a  permanent 
residence  of  American  pioneers  and  citizens.  For  years  it  was  a  fur 
trading  station. 

1812  War  of  1812.  Massacre  of  officers,  women  and  soldiers  from  Fort 
Dearborn,  near  Eighteenth  Street  and  Lake  Michigan.  Six  soldiers  of 
this  war  are  buried  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery. 

1818  December  3.     Illinois  admitted  to  the  Union. 

1820  The  Potowatomies  numbered  3,400.  At  that  time  the  government  paid 
them  yearly  $5,700. 

1821  Chicago  and  its  environs  were  surveyed  in  government  sections. 

1826  Marc  or  Mark  Beaubien,  born  in  Detroit  in  1800,  one  of  the  most 
picturesque  figures  in  pioneerdom,  came  to  Chicago.  In  1828  he  bought 
a  log  cabin  from  James  Kinzie  and  in  1830  built  a  frame  addition,  the 
first  frame  house  in  Chicago.  He  conducted  a  tavern  in  it  called  the 
"Sauganash,"  the  Indian  name  for  a  Billy  Caldwell,  a  great  friend  of 
the  whites. 

This  tavern  stood  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Lake  and  Market  streets, 
and  the  site  was  marked  in  1926  by  the  D.  A.  R.  with  a  tablet.  This  was 
the  first  regularly  licensed  tavern  in  Chicago,  its  owner  also  conducted 
a  general  store  and  ran  a  ferry  across  the  river  at  Wolf  Point.  The 
story  goes  that  Mr.  Beaubien  was  so  genial  a  host  that  he  oftentimes 
neglected  the  ferry,  at  which  the  outraged  citizens  protested  and  finally 
the  county  commissioners  passed  an  act  requiring  the  ferry  to  be  kept 
running  from  daylight  to  dark.  When  business  shifted,  the  Sauganash 
was  taken  over  by  Messrs.  Isherwood  and  McKenzie,  Chicago's  first 
theatrical  managers,  who  made  the  tap  room  into  an  auditorium  seating 
300  and  in  October,  1837,  gave  the  first  theatrical  performance. 

Mark  Beaubien  was  the  father  of  twenty- three  children,  a  son  Frank 
G.  Beaubien,  lives  now  in  Austin.  Beaubien  Court  is  named  for  the 
family. 

1829  Bailey  Hobson  (born  1798-1850),  son  of  John  H.  and  Charlotte  E.  Hobson, 
came  first  into  DuPage  County  on  horseback  from  North  Carolina.  Two 
years  later  (1831)  he  returned  bringing  his  family,  his  wife,  Clarissa 
(born  1804-1884).  The  Hobson  children  were  all  educated  in  eastern 
colleges  and  convents,  and  some  were  sent  to  Europe.  Hally  Haight, 
of  Naperville,  said  Bailey  Hobson's  mother  was  a  decendent  of  a  Seminole 
Indian  chief.  Anan  Harmon  Chapter,  D.  A.  R.,  possesses  the  kerchief 
Bailey  Hobson  wore  around  his  neck  when  he  rode  into  the  county,  the 
gift  of  Mrs.  Haight. 

Chicago  was  surveyed  and  platted  into  village  lots. 

1830  Stephen  J.  Scott  from  Maryland  and  his  son,  Willard,  discovered  the 
DuPage  River  near  Plainfield  while  on  a  hunting  trip.  He  ascended  it 
as  far  as  the  Forks.  Here  he  settled,  built  a  comfortable  log  house,  and 
soon  other  families  settled  nearby. 


TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  23 

1830  Willard  Scott  lived  with  the  Indians,  hunted  with  them,  and  became 
skilled  in  their  woodcraft.  He  was  the  third  chief  of  the  Potowatomi 
and  was  given  the  title  of  "White  Eagle"  by  them. 

"The  title  'White  Eagle'  originated  in  this  fashion.  Mr.  David  McKee, 
an  acquaintance  of  Mr.  Scott,  had  in  his  deal  with  the  Indians  received 
a  buckskin  coat  from  one  of  them  as  a  pledge  for  certain  goods  sold  to 
him.  A  time  at  which  the  coat  was  to  be  redeemed  was  fixed,  but  when 
it  arrived  the  Indian  did  not  make  his  appearance  and  the  coat,  therefore, 
became  the  property  of  Mr.  McKee.  It  was  subsequently  sold  to  Mr. 
Scott. 

"Several  months  after,  Mr.  McKee,  having  occasion  to  visit  an  Indian 
settlement  near  Racine,  for  the  purpose  of  trading  with  them,  Mr.  Scott 
accompanied  him.  Among  the  Indians  in  the  settlement  they  found  the 
one  from  whom  Mr.  Scott  had  received  the  coat.  Seeing  the  article  in 
Mr.  Scott's  possession,  he  instantly  demanded  that  it  should  be  given  up. 

"He  was  told  he  could  have  it  by  paying  the  sum  for  which  it  was  left 
in  pledge,  but  this  he  refused  to  do,  at  the  same  time  persisting  in  his 
demand  for  an  unconditional  surrender  of  the  garment.  Upon  receiving 
a  peremptory  refusal,  he  threatened  to  take  it  by  force.  This  consider- 
ably aroused  the  ire  of  Mr.  Scott  who  told  him  that  if  he  wanted  the  coat, 
he  might  try  the  expediency  of  taking  it  from  him.  Upon  this,  the  Indian 
left  them,  threatening  him  with  great  vengeance  and  promising  to  return 
immediately  with  a  sufficient  force  to  take  the  coat  from  his  back. 

"He  soon  returned,  accompanied  by  some  fifty  or  sixty  of  his  com- 
panions, all  fully  armed  and  painted  in  the  most  barbarous  manner. 
Their  appearance  was  enough  to  terrify  any  one  who  was  unaccustomed 
to  the  strategems  to  which  Indians  resort  to  carry  their  ends.  As  they 
approached,  Scott  and  MeKee  gathered  up  their  arms  and  stood  in  a 
defensive  attitude,  confronting  the  whole  party. 

"The  Indian  who  claimed  the  coat  advanced  and  demanded  it,  threat- 
ening their  destruction  if  again  refused.  Mr.  Scott  boldly  informed  him 
that  the  coat  was  on  his  back  and  if  he  wanted  it,  he  must  take  it  off.  In 
the  meantime  a  young  Indian  chief  who  was  acquainted  with  the  cir- 
cumstances of  the  case,  came  and  took  a  position  with  them,  saying 
he  would  stand  by  them  in  any  emergency.  The  Indians  then  set  up  a 
most  unearthly  howling  and  continued  for  some  time  to  dance  around 
them,  flourishing  their  tomahawks  and  trying  to  intimidate  them  with 
the  most  awful  threats  and  grimaces.  At  last,  finding  their  efforts  to 
obtain  the  coat  unavailing,  they  withdrew,  leaving  Scott  and  McKee  in 
full  possession  of  the  field.  From  that  day  afterward,  they  always  ad- 
dressed Mr.  Scott  as  'White  Eagle',  a  title  which  belonged  to  none  but 
the  bravest." — History  of  DuPage  County,  by  C.  W.  Richmond  and 
H.  F.  Vallette. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  Willard  Scott  saved  the  settlers  of  DuPage 
County  from  massacre  by  the  Indians  and  their  property  from  destruction 
through  his  friendship  with  the  Indians  during  the  Black  Hawk  War. 

Elijah  D.  Harmon,  ancestral  relative  of  Miss  Ada  Douglas  Harmon, 
was  the  only  surgeon  at  Fort  Dearborn;  for  a  while,  the  only  physician 
in  Chicago.  He  was  born  in  Bennington,  Vermont,  in  1782,  and  was  an 
assistant  surgeon  in  McDonough's  fleet  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburg. 

Harmon  Court  (now  Eighth  street,  Chicago)  was  named  for  this 
surgeon. 

1830-32 

Black  Hawk,  who  is  the  most  famous  Indian  of  Illinois  history,  often 
passed  with  his  tribes  of  Saux  and  Foxes  through  the  vicinity  of  Glen 
Ellyn  over  the  Indian  Army  Trail  which  led  from  the  Indian  village  at 
Chicago  to  the  great  Winnebago  village  where  Beloit,  Wisconsin,  now 
stands.  This  trail  received  its  name  and  much  of  its  fame  from  the 
fact  that  during  the  Black  Hawk  War,  Gen.  Scott  led  his  army  over  it. 
Two   of   his   soldiers   are  buried   on   the   Bartlett  farm   near   the    trail. 


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1830-32 

The  trail  is  one  mile  north  of  the  Five  Corners  and  is  now  called 
Addison  Road  as  it  passes  through  that  village.  It  runs  from  Addison, 
now,  to  a  short  cross-road  south  of  Wayne. 

Black  Hawk  was  not  a  chief  by  birth  but  acquired  the 
title  by  bravery  and  wisdom.  He  was  born  at  Sauken- 
auk  on  the  Rock  River,  the  Indian  village  that  was 
burned  by  George  Rogers  Clarke.  By  birth  he  was  a 
Potowatomi  but  was  brought  up  by  the  Saux.  He  was 
a  handsome  figure,  6  feet  tall  and  of  kingly  bearing. 
At  the  time  of  his  war  he  was  48,  though  he  looked 
much  older,  because  of  the  many  hardships  he  had 
endured. 

The  Black  Hawk  War  was  the  chief's  effort  to  rally  all  the  Western 
Indians  into  a  confederation  to  resist  the  encroachments  of  the  whites, 
but  only  the  restless  Saux  (Sacs)  and  Foxes  followed  him.  He  had  his 
followers  on  the  north  side  of  the  Rock  River  about  a  mile  before  it 
reaches  the  Mississippi  on  a  high  bluff  since  known  as  Black  Hawk's 
Watch  Tower.  Troops  were  called  out,  and  the  Indians  retreated  up  the 
river  to  a  point  north  of  Dixon,  where  they  defeated  the  soldiers  and 
then  attacked  the  settlements  along  the  river. 

After  Black  Hawk  was  captured,  and  he  was  taken  through  the  east 
as  a  captive,  where  he  created  a  great  sensation,  he  was  sent  back  to 
his  own  country  beyond  the  Mississippi,  where  he  was  restored  to  his 
tribe  as  chief,  subordinate  to  Keokuk,  and  where  he  lies  buried  near  the 
present  village  of  Iowaville,  Wapello  County,  Iowa. 

On  the  Rock  River,  a  little  north  of  Oregon,  towering  above  a  lofty 
bluff,  looms  the  likeness  of  Black  Hawk,  sentinel  over  the  valley,  as 
immortalized  by  Lorado  Taft  in  a  stately  statue. 

1831  Bailey  Hobson  was  the  first  white  settler  on  the  soil  of  DuPage  County. 


Bailey  Hobson 


Clarissa  Hobson 


He  and  Harry  Boardman  built  a  mill  two  miles  south  of  Naperville  on 
the  Joliet  Road,  the  first  to  be  built  in  the  northern  part  of  the  state. 


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Millstone  in  Bailey  Hobson's  Grist  Mill 

1381  There  was  no  grist  mill  north  of  it,  not  even  at  Galena,  which  at  that 
time  was  a  very  important  city. 

This  mill  was  known  far  and  wide.  Men  with  their  teams  and  loaded 
wagons  were  obliged  to  wait  several  days  for  their  turn  at  the  mill  to  get 
their  grain  ground.  In  order  to  accommodate  them,  Bailey  Hobson  built 
the  tavern  just  east  of  the  mill  across  the  river  on  Joliet  Road.  The 
barn  was  also  built  especially  for  housing  the  loads  of  grain  while 
waiting  their  turn. 

Bailey  Hobson's  first  home  was  a  log  cabin  built  back  of  where  the 
tavern  now  stands  near  the  spring.  Daniel  M.  Green  ran  the  mill  on 
shares  during  the  years  1836-37.  The  cash  receipts  for  meal  were  over 
$4,000  a  year. 


Hobson  Tavern 


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1831  John  Hobson,  son  of  Bailey  Hobson,  who  was  a  great  hunter,  built  the 
little  stone  house  on  Joliet  Road  (in  1844)  a  short  distance  from  the  site 
of  the  mill. 

Bailey  Hobson  also  built  a  saw  mill  near  the  other  mill  to  accommodate 
the  early  settlers  who  were  building  their  homes.  The  foundations  of 
the  mills,  the  mill  race  and  the  dam  can  still  be  plainly  seen,  also  near 
the  bridge  the  foundation  of  the  miller's  log  cabin. 

The  mill  was  moved  in  1894  across  the  road  onto  the  Andrew  Wehrli 
farm.  It  is  very  interesting  to  see  the  huge  wooden  beams  put  together 
with  wooden  pegs.  These  were  sawn  in  the  mill.  Two  sets  of  the  mill- 
stones are  in  the  foundation  of  this  barn.  The  other  set,  the  D.  A.  ,R. 
hope  to  use  to  mark  the  site,  as  they  are  still  in  the  ruins  of  the  mill. 
The  Wehrli  farm  is  part  of  the  old  Hobson  homestead. 

The  millstones  were  imported. 

Two  Gary  brothers,  Jude,  twenty-one  years  old,  Erastus,  and  their 
sister,  Orlinda,  came  from  their  birthplace,  Putnam,  Connecticut,  and 
took  up  a  claim  at  Big  Woods  near  Warrenville,  where  they  built  the 
saw  mill  on  the  DuPage  River,  and  sawed  most  of  the  lumber  that  went 
into  the  buildings  in  the  county. 

Jude,  who  had  joined  the  Methodist  church  when  he  was  eleven,  was 
the  circuit  riding  preacher,  the  first  preacher  in  the  Five  Corners 
meeting  house,  and  no  matter  how  busy  he  was,  he  always  had  time  for 
religious  duties. 

Erastus  was  the  father  of  the  late  Elbert  Gary,  head  of  the  steel 
company,  who  was  born  on  the  homestead,  and  who  passed  away  in  the 
summer  of  1927,  his  remains  lying  in  the  Gary  Mausoleum  in  Wheaton 
cemetery. 

First  school  house  in  the  county  at  Naperville,  first  teacher  Leister 
Peet. 

Wheaton  Settlement  begun  by  Harvey  T.  Wilson  and  Lyman  Butter- 
field.     Mr.  Babcock,  Thomas  Brown  and  Jos.  Chadwick  soon  followed. 

Capt.  Joseph  Naper  came  in  the  winter  from  Ohio.  His  family  and 
that  of  his  brother,  John,  came  in  July.  He  conducted  a  flourishing 
trading  post,  dealing  with  settlers  and  Indians. 

1832  Downers  Grove  settled  by  Pierce  Downer  who  emigrated  from  Jefferson 
County,  New  York. 

Lisle  settled  by  Luther  Hatch  on  farm  near  present  site  of  the  railroad 
station. 

Frederick  A.  Myers,  father  of  four  sons  who  sleep  in  Forest  Hill 
Cemetery,  Frederick  A.,  Edward  R.,  William  Henry  and  Charles,  all 
soldiers  in  the  Civil  War,  was  a  soldier  at  Fort  Dearborn,  1832-33.  Pre- 
viously he  had  been  a  year  at  Fort  Niagara.  After  Fort  Dearborn,  he 
was  stationed  at  the  fort  on  Mackinac  Island.  He  was  a  man  of  much 
learning  for  those  days,  speaking  seven  languages.  In  the  journal  he 
kept  at  Fort  Dearborn,  there  is  a  record  of  events  from  January  1,  1832, 
to  February  14,  1834.  This  journal  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the 
Chicago  Historical  Society,  loaned  by  Mrs.  Fred  Myers  of  Glen  Ellyn. 
It  is  said  he  married  a  woman  of  Indian  descent  after  leaving  the  army. 
He  was  a  fur  trader  among  the  Indians  (Ojibwa)  for  many  years.  He 
translated  the  Ojibwa  language,  making  a  dictionary  with  the  Ojibwa 
words  and  their  English  equivalents.  His  home  in  the  east  must  have 
been  at  Youngstown,  New  York,  for  he  says  he  got  leave  to  attend  his 
father's  funeral,  May  8,  1832,  at  that  place.  He  bought  much  property 
in  Chicago,  once  owning  the  site  of  the  court  house.  He  died  in  Chicago 
and  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  on  the  shore  of  the  lake,  now 
Lincoln  Park.  His  sister,  Mrs.  Gene  Snyder,  was  born  on  board  a  vessel 
at  Chicago,  said  to  be  the  first  white  child  born  in  Chicago. 

1833  Two  brothers,  Ralph  and  Morgan  Babcock,  took  up  claims  on  site  of 
Lombard  and  including  the  land  on  the  DuPage  River.  The  Five  Corners 
was  first  called  Babcock's  Grove  after  them,  also  it  was  the  first  name  of 
Lombard. 


TEE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  27 

1833  Fort  Payne  built  at  Naper's  settlement  during  the  Black  Hawk  War, 
named  for  Capt.  Payne  who  was  sent  there  by  Gen.  Atkenson  at  Ottawa 
with  50  men  to  build  it.  It  had  2  block  houses  surrounded  by  pickets  on 
the  river,  and  now  included  in  the  college  campus. 

August  10.     Chicago  was  incorporated  as  a  village. 

September.  A  great  council  of  the  Indians  was  convened  at  the  village 
of  Chicago.  After  the  close  of  the  Black  Hawk  War  it  was  necessary 
that  the  Indian  title  to  Northern  Illinois  land  should  be  speedily  ex- 
tinguished. Many  immigrants  were  coming  in  for  the  land.  So  the 
council  was  called.  It  consisted  of  three  tribes,  the  Chippewas,  the 
Ottawas  and  the  Potowatomi  of  Illinois,  and  was  the  last  great  council 
in  Northern  Illinois. 

Across  the  river  from  Fort  Dearborn,  the  council-fire  was  lighted.  The 
Indians  were  encamped  about  the  village,  on  the  level  prairie,  on  the 
sandy  beach  of  the  lake;  companies  of  old  warriors  sat  about,  smoking 
and  palavering,  the  chiefs  strode  about  in  their  picturesque  war  cos- 
tumes; squaws  and  papooses  were  everywhere;  here  a  little  band  was 
just  arriving  accompanied  by  wolfish  dogs,  there  were  groups  of  hobbled 
horses;  the  tepees  covered  with  mats  and  gay  blankets  were  surmounted 
by  poles  on  which  meat  had  been  left  to  dry. 

Fort  Dearborn  within  its  palisades,  with  its  slender  garrison  and  little 
group  of  officers,  looked  down  upon  the  scene.  The  quarters  were  too 
small  to  house  the  government  commissioners,  so  a  row  of  plank  huts 
had  been  built  on  the  north  side  of  the  river. 

Days  passed.  It  was  in  vain  that  the  signal  gun  from  the  fort  gave 
notice  of  an  assembly  of  the  chiefs  at  a  council-fire.  Always  there  was 
some  excuse  for  delay,  but  finally  on  September  21,  the  chiefs  gathered 
under  a  spacious  open  shed  until  there  were  about  thirty  at  the  lower 
end  of  the  enclosure,  while  the  commissioners,  interpreters  and  others 
were  at  the  upper.  It  was  late  afternoon,  the  light  of  the  setting  sun 
streaming  in  under  the  low  roof  of  the  council  house  fell  on  the  figures 
of  the  commissioners,  while  the  Indian  chiefs  sat  in  shadow. 

So  the  palaver  began  and  lasted  five  days.  On  September  26,  it  was 
concluded,  the  Indians  giving  up  their  homes  and  lands  forever.  The 
three  tribes  ceded  to  the  United  States  the  entire  remainder  of  their 
lands  in  Illinois  that  had  not  been  sold  already.  They  received  5,000,000 
acres  of  land  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Missouri  River  and  hundreds  of 
thousands  of  dollars  beside,  to  be  used  for  building  mills,  buying  farming 
tools,  for  the  education  of  their  children  and  for  their  support. 

The  Potowatomi  were  the  last  tribe  to  take  their  departure  from 
Illinois,  lingering  around  Chicago  until  1836,  when  they  were  removed  by 
Col.  J.  B.  T.  Russell,  eventually  to  Oklahoma  where  many  of  them  have 
become  wealthy  because  of  oil  found  on  their  land.  DuPage  was  one  of 
the  ten  counties  included  in  this  treaty. 

St.  Charles  settled  by  Evan  Shelby,  of  Indiana,  and  Ira  Minard.  The 
village  was  first  called  Charleston  but  was  changed  to  St.  Charles  it  is 
said,  because  so  many  of  the  Teutonic  settlers  had  difficulty  pronouncing 
the  word. 

Silas,  Lyman  and  Harvey  Meacham,  from  New  York,  settled  in  the 
township  of  Bloomingdale  in  March,  known  to  the  Indians  as  Penneack 
Grove,  named  for  a  root  found  in  it  resembling  the  potato.  The  Meacham 
brothers  during  their  first  year  built  a  log  house  for  each  of  their 
families,  broke  and  planted  forty  acres  of  prairie,  and  fenced  it  in  to 
protect  it  from  their  stock  which  grazed  on  the  open  fields.  Meacham's 
Grove,  1,200  acres  of  fine  timber,  lay  in  this  town. 

The  trail  made  by  Gen.  Scott's  army,  in  going  from  Fort  Dearborn  to 
the  Mississippi  is  about  one  and  one  half  miles  south  of  the  grove  and 
was  still  visible  when  the  first  settlers  came.  The  settlement  was  first 
known  as  Meacham's  Grove,  then  when  it  was  platted,  the  name  became 


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1833  Blooming-dale  a  few  years  later,  and  the  "Meacham"  was  transferred  to 
the  little  settlement  a  mile  and  a  half  northeast,  where  it  survived  until 
the  Shriners  translated  it  into  the  mystic  Medinah  in  1926. 


First  Frame  House  in  the  County 


1833  George  Martin  came  to  Naperville  from  Scotland  and  built  the  first 
frame  house  in  the  county.  It  is  just  south  of  Naperville  on  Ogden.  It 
is  made  of  black  walnut,  with  beams  in  the  ceilings,  and  the  floors  of 
that  wood.  In  1883,  Mr.  Martin  built  a  fine  brick  mansion  near  the  first 
house,  on  an  eminence  overlooking  Naperville,  which  you  see  as  you  drive 
to  Aurora.  It's  filled  with  wonderful  antiques,  many  of  them  from 
Scotland.  The  property  has  been  continuously  in  the  family  since  1833. 
George  Martin,  fourth  of  that  name,  was  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland, 
November  29,  1826,  died  at  Naperville,  July  15,  1885.  The  house  is  now 
occupied  by  his  son  and  wife. 

First  church  in  county  built  in  Lisle  Township  at  Naperville.  With 
one  exception,  it  is  the  oldest  Congregational  church  organized  in  the 
state — the  first  one  organized  at  Mendon  in  February,  1833,  and  this  one 
July  13,  1833.  Rev.  Jonathan  Porter  and  Rev.  N.  C.  Clark,  missionaries 
for  DuPage  county  with  Rev.  C.  W.  Babbitt  of  Tazewell  County,  founded 
the  church.  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter  was  pastor  1836-40.  Rev.  Hope  Brown 
(ancestor  of  Mrs.  M.  M.  Moore)  was  pastor  for  eleven  years. 

1833  Frederick  Stolp,  52  years  of  age,  walked  all  the  way  from  New  York 
state  to  Illinois,  prospecting  for  a  home  for  his  large  family.  He  chose 
land  in  Naperville  township,  near  the  present  Eola,  as  he  found  clay 
there  suitable  for  making  bricks.  His  first  house  was  of  logs,  but  his 
permanent  home  was  of  bricks  made  from  his  own  place,  as  also  were 
several  neighboring  farmhouses  and  some  buildings  in  Aurora. 

He  acquired  sufficient  land  so  that  each  of  his  seven  sons  had  a  farm 
in  DuPage  County.  After  selecting  his  claim,  he  walked  back  to  Pultney- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1834  returned  with  his  family,  his  wife  and  seven 
sons  and  two  daughters.  His  daughter,  Catherine,  her  husband,  David 
Crane,  and  their  child,  Frederick,  came  too. 

It  was  this  Frederick  Stolp  who  in  1842  bought  an  island  in  the  Fox 
River  in  Aurora  from  the  government  for  $12.72,  known  as  Stolp's  Island. 
Later  he  sold  tne  island  to  his  nephew,  Joseph  Stolp,  who  at  an  early  day 
built  a  large  woolen  mill  there,  of  bricks  made  at  his  uncle  Frederick's 
farm  "east  of  the  Big  Woods."  This  island  now  contains  the  city  hall, 
the  post  office,  library,  two  hotels  and  other  business  property. 

Frederick  Stolp  died  in  1873  at  the  age  of  92  years. 

1834  First  white  settler  at  Babcock's  Grove  (Five  Corners)  Deacon  Winslow 
Churchill  from  New  York  who  came  to  Chicago  in  the  schooner  La 
Grange  with  his  wife,  Mercy  Dodge  Churchill  and  eleven  children,  all  of 
the  family  but  one  son.  Three  of  the  sons  also  had  their  families  with 
them. 


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Deacon  Churchill 


Mercy  Dodge  Churchill 


1834  Deacon  Churchill  built  the  first  log  cabin.  It  had  one  large  room,  a 
bedroom,  a  leanto,  a  loft  where  the  boys  slept,  climbing  up  a  rude  ladder. 
The  large  room  had  a  fireplace  where  the  cooking  was  done,  and  two 
small  windows  and  an  outside  door  facing  south.  The  cabin  overlooked 
a  Potowatomi  Indian  village  of  500.  It  stood  on  a  high  hill  just  east  of 
the  bridge  over  the  DuPage  River  on  the  north  side  of  Lake  Street  now 
St.  Charles  Road.  It  was  still  standing  in  the  '90s  but  has  since  been 
torn  down  and  the  hill  excavated  for  gravel. 

Wild  game  was  plentiful.  Droves  of  wolves  howled  around  the  little 
settlement.  The  stock  was  kept  in  a  little  leanto  and  all  was  enclosed 
by  a  stockade,  formed  by  large  trees  cut  and  placed  close  together. 

Deacon  Churchill  took  up  a  claim  eight  years  before  the  land  was 
surveyed  paying  the  government  $1.25  an  acre.  He  made  the  first  roads, 
helped  build  the  first  school  house,  conducted  the  first  religious  meeting, 
organized  the  first  Sabbath  School.  He  was  a  Methodist.  Many  of  his 
descendents  are  still  living  here  in  Glen  Ellyn,  among  them  Mrs.  B.  B. 
Curtis,  Mrs.  Joseph  Clark,  Mrs.  Hattie  Wimpress,  W.  H.  Churchill. 

Among  the  settlers  coming  into  Bloomingdale  this  year  were:  Harry 
Woodworth,  Noah  Stevens,  David  Bangs,  Elias  Maynard,  Major  Skinner 
and  Daniel  Noble. 

Addison  begun  by  Ebenezer  and  Hezekiah  Duncklee,  from  Hillsborough, 
New  Hampshire,  and  Mason  Smith  from  Potsdam,  New  York.  They  took 
up  claims  which  they  marked,  the  timber  claims  by  marking  the  trees, 
and  the  prairie  claims  by  plowing  a  furrow  entirely  around  each  one. 
Three  barrels  of  frozen  apples  were  planted  by  Mr.  Duncklee  in  1836, 
from  which  nearly  all  the  region  was  supplied  with  fruit  trees. 

Salt  Creek  received  its  name  from  the  fact  that  a  team  loaded  with 
salt  became  stalled  while  fording  it,  and  the  driver  lightened  his  load 
by  rolling  several  barrels  into  the  water. 

Augustus  Ingalls  came  from  Belchertown,  Massachusetts,  to  Addison 
Township.     He  was  born  in  1805  and  died  in  1889. 


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1834  York  township  started  by  Elisha  Fish  in  the  spring.  The  township 
contained  thirty-six  square  miles  and  later  developed  three  towns,  York 
Center,  Cottage  Hill  (later  Elmhurst)  and  Babcock's  Grove  (later  Lom- 
bard). Other  settlers  coming  in  the  next  two  or  three  years  were: 
Henry  Reader,  Luther  Morton,  Benjamin  Fuller,  Nicholas  Torode;  in 
1836,  John  Talmadge,  David  Talmadge,  Jesse  Atwater  and  Edward  Eld- 
ridge  joined  the  community.  Many  of  the  settlers  came  from  New 
York,  so  when  they  were  called  upon  to  name  their  precinct,  "York"  was 
their  natural  selection. 

Seth  Churchill,  Deacon  Churchill's  oldest  son,  built  a  log  cabin  one- 
half  mile  east  of  the  DuPage  River  on  St.  Charles  Road,  which  is  still 
standing,  said  to  be  the  oldest  house  in  the  county.  It  was  once  used 
for  a  tavern,  also  for  school,  church  and  Sunday  School  purposes  as 
well  as  a  dwelling. 


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John  Davis  Ackerman  (born  in  New  York,  October  24,  1799,  died  in 
1859)  made  a  squatter  claim  which  he  afterwards  purchased.  He  built 
a  log  cabin  on  the  south  side  of  the  Indian  trail.  There  were  but  two 
houses  between  his  log  cabin  and  Chicago,  which  was  then  a  mere  vil- 
lage of  a  few  log  cabins.  Later,  he  built  a  farm  house  just  east  of  the 
Christian  home  on  the  north  side  of  St.  Charles  Road.  The  first  school 
house  of  the  settlement  was  in  this  house,  before  the  log  school  house 
was  ready.  His  wife  was  Lurania  Churchill,  one  of  the  twin  daughters 
of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill.  He  was  an  expert  sportsman,  often  mak- 
ing $18  a  day  trapping.  Mrs.  Ackerman  had  a  loom  and  wove  the  cloth 
and  blankets  used  by  the  family.  She  lived  until  March  31,  1893,  passing 
away  a  month  after  celebrating  her  91st  birthday  with  her  twin  sister, 
Mrs.  Christian. 

First  house  built  by  Col.  Warren  of  Warrenville,  small  white  house 
still  standing  on  Warrenville's  main  north  and  south  street,  now  occupied 
by  Mrs.  Mary  Lamb,  93  years  old,  and  her  daughter.  Only  three 
families  have  ever  lived  in  this  house,  no  child  has  ever  been  born  in  it 
and  only  two  deaths  have  occurred  in  it. 

Col.  J.  M.  Warren  staked  out  his  claim  on  the  DuPage,  made  a  dam 
and  built  a  mill.  The  community  developed  a  post  office,  a  school  house 
a  trading  center  and  a  hotel.  Says  Harry  Beardsley:  "So  many  team- 
sters, farmers,  mechanics  visited  the  mills  that  the  big  frame  bunk-house 
Col.  Warren  had  built  was  inadequate  and  a  hotel  was  constructed.  Its 
attractive  location,  Col.  Warren's  hospitality  and  the  fact  that  it  had  a 
large  ballroom  made  it  a  popular  resort.     It  was  not  a  mere  tavern  but 


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1834  a  hotel,  built  and  furnished  on  a  little  better  scale  than  was  customary, 
and  boasting  of  the  largest  and  finest  ballroom  in  the  region.  Here,  it 
is  related,  many  of  Chicago's  pioneer  citizens,  including  Long  John 
Wentworth,  first  learned  to  dance."  The  old  hotel  still  stands,  now  a 
private  home  on  the  north  side  of  the  road,  just  east  of  the  bridge 
crossing  the  river. 

This  and  other  taverns  at  central  points  between  Chicago  and  the  Fox 
River,  figured  in  a  series  of  dancing  parties  during  the  winter,  according 
to  Long  John  Wentworth  who  thus  described  the  procedure:  "We  used 
to  have  much  more  snow  then  than  we  do  now,  and  large  sleighloads  of 
people  would  be  fitted  out  from  the  city  to  meet  the  young  people  from 
various  parts  of  the  country  .  .  .  The  custom  at  these  parties  was  to 
leave  Chicago  at  about  four  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  take  supper  on 
the  way  out  and  engage  breakfast  for  the  morning,  and  after  dancing 
all  night,  get  back  to  the  city  about  nine  or  ten  o'clock." 

Jean  B.  Beaubien,  brother  of  Mark,  brought  the  first  carriage  to 
Chicago.  He  also  brought  the  first  piano.  His  military  talents  were 
recognized  by  the  governor  of  Illinois  so  that  in  1855  he  was  commis- 
sioned brigadier  general. 

The  Militia  of  Cook  and  DuPage  Counties  was  organized  at  a  tavern 
owned  by  Barney  H.  Langton,  near  Lyons  on  the  Des  Plaines  River.  The 
tavern  was  called  or  is  now  Riverside  and  was  kept  by  Stephen  J.  Scott. 
Jean  Beaubien  was  elected  colonel  at  this  meeting. 


A  log  schoolhouse  was  built  near  the  station  at  Lisle,  it  was  also  used 
as  a  church.  Rev.  Jeremiah  Porter,  that  venerable  old  pioneer  and  cir- 
cuit rider,  preached  occasionally  in  it. 

Wayne  settled.  First  family  that  of  John  Laughlin.  Among  other 
settlers  that  year  were:  Capt.  W.  Hammond,  R.  V.  Benjamin,  Ezra 
Gilbert,  J.  V.  King,  W.  Farnsworth,  James  Davis,  Wm.  Guild,  Joseph 
McMillen,  Isaac  Nash,  Daniel  Dunham  and  Ira  Albro. 


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THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


Pre-Emption  House 


1834  Pre-Emption  House,  built  by  George  Laird  at  Naper's  Settlement 
(Naperville)  still  standing,  corner  of  Water  and  Main  Streets,  was  built 
for  a  tavern  and  was  so  conducted  until  just  within  the  last  few  years, 
being  occupied  the  last  forty  years,  until  his  death  in  1927,  by  S.  F. 
Hiltenbrand. 

The  house  is  unchanged  except  for  the  addition  of  a  north  wing  which 
doesn't  show  in  the  picture,  and  new  window  panes  which  replaced  the 
tiny  old  ones.  All  the  framework  is  of  oak,  hewn  out  of  timber  on  the 
spot  and  the  clapboards  are  of  black  walnut.  The  shingles  are  the 
original  hand-made  ones. 

The  house  was  named  and  dedicated  by  the  following  lines  spoken 
from  the  ridgepole  of  the  frame  when  finished: 

"This  place  was  once  a  wilderness  of  savages  and  owls 
Where  the  red  man  once  roamed  and  the  prairie  wolf  howled 
This  house  now  erected,  the  place  to  adorn 
To  shelter  the  living  and  babes  yet  unborn; 
We'll  call  it  Pre-emption;  a  law  that's  complete, 
For  the  use  of  George  Laird  who  says  he  will  treat." 
Its  important  niche  is  evidenced  by  these  words  of  an  old  settler:  "It 
was  the  biggest  thing  between  Chicago  and  the  Mississippi.     My,   the 
dances  we  used  to  have  there!     The  landlord  would  clear  out  the  dining 
room  and  give  us  full  swing.     Everybody  danced  in  those  days.     The 
drivers  would  come  in  from  their  wagons,  haul  off  their  big  boots  and 
dance  in  their  stocking  feet.     Dance  all  night!" 

Pre-emption:  the  act  or  right  of  purchasing  before  others.  Specifi- 
cally, the  right  of  an  actual  settler  upon  public  lands  (particularly  those 
of  the  United  States)  to  purchase  a  certain  portion  at  a  fixed  price  in 
preference  to  all  other  applicants. — Webster's  Dictionary. 

1835  Pioneers  coming  this  year  were  Moses  Stacy,  Jabez  Seymour  Dodge, 
A.  S.  Janes  and  James  McChesney,  also  Milo  Meacham,  Horace  Barnes, 
Royal  Walker  and  F.  D.  Abbott. 

This  part  of  Babcock's  Grove  settlement  now  called  DuPage  Center. 

Israel  P.  Blodgett,  one  of  first  settlers  of  Downers  Grove,  emigrated 
from  Massachusetts. 


TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 33 

1835  First  death  at  Babcock's  Grove  was  that  of  Amanda  Churchill,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill.  Hers  was  the  first  funeral  held  in  the 
log  cabin  schoolhouse,  the  sermon  preached  by  Rev.  Pillsbury.  She 
was  buried  on  private  grounds,  (the  Busch  farm)  but  later  the  remains 
were  removed  to  Forest  Hill  cemetery.  The  stone  over  her  grave  still 
stands,  hoary  with  age.     The  inscription  reads: 

In  Memory 

of  Amanda 

Daughter  of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill 

and  Mercy  Dodge  Churchill 

Who  departed  this  life,  June  12  A.  D.  1835, 

aged  21  years,  1  month  and  8  days. 

Friend,  physician,  comforter 

This  is  the  body  and  the  clay 

This  grave  can  ne'er  claim  her  here 

When  Jesus  calls  thee  to  his  home. 

Moses  Stacy,  coming  around  the  lakes  from  New  York  in  a  sailing 
vessel,  reached  DuPage  Center  and  built  his  log  cabin. 

The  cabin  was  fourteen  by  sixteen  feet  in  size,  with  a  puncheon  floor 
and  a  roof  of  split  logs,  the  lower  layers  of  which  were  channeled  so  as  to 
catch  the  drainage  from  the  upper  ones.  Later  it  was  moved  up  just 
west  of  the  tavern  and  used  to  house  the  guests.  Mr.  Stacy  took  up  the 
land  from  the  government  paying  $1.25  an  acre.  The  settlement  became 
known  as  Stacy's  Corners. 

1836  The  first  school  house  was  built  in  what  is  now  the  Township  of  Milton, 
then  called  Deerfield  Precinct.  This  was  several  years  before  the  Town- 
ship organization. 

The  school  was  built  on  the  north  side  of  the  hill,  a  quarter  of  a  mile 
south  of  Forest  Hill  Cemetery  on  Riford  Road. 

It  was  surrounded  by  trees  and  vines,  with  an  abundance  of  wild 
flowers  and  fruits  near  by.  The  building  was  of  logs,  donated  by  the 
people.  It  was  twenty  feet  long  and  fifteen  feet  wide.  The  roof  was 
made  of  shakes,  a  rough  shingle,  four  feet  long  and  eight  inches  wide. 
For  flooring,  puncheons  were  used,  the  slabs  split  from  logs,  flat  side  up. 
The  seats  were  benches  made  of  the  same  rude  materials.  Sawed  lumber 
could  not  be  had  at  this  time  without  great  trouble  and  expense. 

There  were  two  windows,  with  six  small  panes  of  glass  in  each;  a 
broad  old-fashioned  fireplace  occupied  one  end  of  the  room.  Children 
came  to  school  a  distance  of  two  or  three  miles. 

Quill  pens  were  used  exclusively  then,  though  steel  pens  had  been  in- 
vented in  1803,  but  were  not  much  used  until  1839,  and  it  was  the 
teacher's  duty  to  prepare  and  repair  them  for  the  children. 

The  first  teacher  was  Miss  Maria  Dudley,  sister  of  Judge  Dudley  of 
Naperville.  Among  others  who  taught  here  were  Miss  Harriet  Janes, 
sister  of  Judge  Janes,  Mr.  Babcock,  one  of  the  brothers  from  whom  the 
grove  received  its  name;  Mr.  Enor,  John  Vallette,  and  Horace  Barnes. 

This  being  the  only  public  building  of  its  kind  in  the  vicinity,  it  was 
used  for  various  purposes.  In  the  long  winter  evenings,  you  would  find 
men,  women  and  children  gathered  together  from  all  directions  to  par- 
ticipate in  spelling  matches,  debates  and  so  on.  The  building  was  occa- 
sionally used  as  a  place  of  worship.  When  a  minister  failed  to  come, 
some  of  the  people  read  Dr.  Watts'  sermons. 

St.  Charles  Road   (then  Lake  Street)   leveled  and  graded. 

The  land  between  Chicago  and  Oak  Ridge  (now  Oak  Park)  was  all 
marsh  and  sloughs.  In  the  spring,  after  the  rains,  it  was  exceedingly 
difficult  to  flounder  through  the  mud  and  water.  The  Aux  Plaines  River 
(now  the  Des  Plaines)   had  to  be  forded  and  when  it  was  swollen  by 


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1836  freshets,  travelers  were  sometimes  held  up  several  days  or  a  week.  It 
often  took  a  week  to  go  from  Stacy's  Corners  to  Chicago  (and  now  we 
complain  because  all  our  trains  don't  do  it  in  forty  minutes.) 

In  1835  Father  Walker,  a  Methodist  missionary  among  the  Indians, 
bought  some  land  on  both  sides  of  the  Aux  Plaines.  He  used  to  ferry 
people,  horses  and  vehicles  across  by  using  two  Indian  canoes  on  which 
he  built  a  rude  platform.  Later  he  built  a  rough  bridge  200  feet  long. 
When  the  road  to  Galena  was  built  by  the  government  it  passed  through 
Father  Walker's  land. 

In  order  to  get  through  the  sloughs  at  all,  trunks  of  trees  were  laid 
in  the  soft  mud  and  allowed  to  settle,  creating  the  comfortless  corduroy 
roads  which  were  characteristic  of  all  the  main  traveled  roads  into 
Chicago. 

St.  Charles  led  in  the  effort  to  improve  the  roads  between  itself  and  the 
river,  the  village  subscribing  $2,000  to  lay  out  and  build  a  road  from  that 
place  over  the  historic  old  Indian  trail  to  the  Aux  Plaines.  During  this 
summer,  a  force  of  men  with  oxen  and  plows  were  at  work,  grading, 
leveling,  filling  in  the  low  places  and  making  ditches  along  the  sides  to 
carry  off  the  surface  water.  The  Indian  trail  thus  became  St.  Charles 
Road. 

Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  given  a  special  charter.. 

Israel  Blodgett  and  Samuel  Curtis  bought  part  of  Pierce  Downer's 
claim  and  hitched  six  oxen  to  a  log,  dragging  it  back  and  forth  for 
several  days  till  the  prairie  in  its  way  was  reduced  to  the  semblance  of 
a  trail.  This  they  christened  "Maple  Avenue"  and  later  planted  with 
sugar  maple  trees,  now  more  than  ninety  years  old  which  give  special 
dignity  to  the  old  street  in  Downers  Grove. 

Israel  Blodgett  made  the  first  plow  used  in  the  county,  and  built  the 
first  blacksmith  shop. 

The  chief  occupation  of  the  pioneers  was  farming,  including  sheep 
raising,  the  wool  of  the  flocks  being  spun  into  yarn  to  make  clothing. 
Some  of  the  amusements  of  the  period  were  quilting  parties  and  carpet 
rag  sewings  when  the  women  spent  the  day  with  their  neighbors  who 
were  in  need  of  assistance.  There  were  cutting  bees  when  the  young 
folks  had  a  frolic  cutting  and  paring  apples  and  pumpkins  which  were 
to  be  dried  for  the  winter's  use.  The  men  took  part  in  corn  huskings, 
wood  chopping,  rail  splitting,  house  and  barn  raisings.  Fires  were  of 
frequent  occurrence. 


Castle  Inn 


Castle  Inn,   Fullersburg   (just  across  the  bridge  east  of  Hinsdale  on 
Ogden  Ave.  and  still  standing)  built  by  Oriente  Grant.     Besides  being  the 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 35 

1836  birthplace  of  Lioie  Filler,  the  famous  dancer,  it  was  a  station  of  the 
Underground  Railway  before  and  during  the  Civil  War.  While  the  Plank 
Road  flourished,  Barto  Van  Velzer  kept  a  toll  gate  just  below  Castle  Inn 
on  Ogden  or  the  Plank  Road. 

Fullersburg,  on  Salt  Creek,  just  north  of  Hinsdale  (and  now  annexed 
to  it)  declined  the  railroad  by  refusing  to  accept  the  money  offered  by  it 
for  its  right  of  way  when  it  finally  went  through  the  region,  so  it  went 
a  trifle  southward,  created  Hinsdale  and  left  Fullersburg  to  run  its 
famous  cider  mill,  and  to  flourish  as  best  it  could  on  the  defunct  plank 
road,  even  though  it  were  the  birthplace  of  Loie  Fuller,  the  dancer,  and 
held  a  tavern  where  Lincoln  and  Douglas  once  stopped  over  night. 

July  4th,  the  citizens  of  Meacham's  Grove  (Bloomingdale)  yoked  oxen 
to  a  huge  log  and  drove  them  west  half  way  to  Elgin,  where  they  were 
met  by  Elgin  citizens  with  their  log  and  oxen,  thus  marking  out  the  main 
road  between  Chicago  and  the  Galena  lead  mines,  now  Lake  Street  or 
automobilely  speaking,  Route  5. 

"In  Warrenville  the  Baptists,  Presbyterians  and  Methodists  built  a 
union  church  and  worshipped  in  the  same  building  in  brotherly  love  and 
unity." — Atlas. 

Peter  B.  Curtis,  from  New  York,  came  to  the  county  and  bought  land 
for  $1.25  an  acre  from  the  government.  The  farm  descended  to  his  son, 
Alonzo,  and  continued  in  the  family  until  it  was  sold  to  the  county, 
for  the  county  farm  in  1888.  Mrs.  Luther  Wagner,  of  Bradenton, 
Florida,  daughter  of  Alonzo  and  granddaughter  of  Peter  B.  Curtis,  lived 
on  this  farm  in  her  girlhood.  When  the  old  house  was  finally  torn  down, 
Clarence  Curtis  secured  some  of  the  wooden  sills  and  made  several  ash 
trays  and  a  jewel  box  from  them,  for  members  of  the  family. 

Alonzo  Curtis  had  married  Rebecca  Schatz  who  had  the  first  millinery 
store  in  the  village,  living  then  with  her  parents  on  Crescent  in  the 
present  Deiber  home.  She  made  hats  and  sewed  for  the  Stacys  and  other 
villagers.  Alonzo  ran  his  farm,  but  he  was  licensed  as  a  minister  and 
could  preach  and  marry  people. 


^ 


(^fpiSLE  the  oldest  township  in  point  of  settlement  in  the  county  is  said 
to  be  named  for  Samuel  Lisle  Smith,  the  most  brilliant  orator  and 
lawyer  of  his  time  in  Chicago  and  city  attorney  for  1839.  However, 
the  settlers  didn't  wish  to  call  their  village  Smith,  so  they  took  their 
hero's  middle  name.  Of  him,  Horace  Greeley  wrote  in  1847,  "The  star  of 
the  whole  assemblage  was  a  young  Chicagoan,  Samuel  Lisle  Smith.  He 
stood  without  a  rival."  The  young  genius  didn't  go  so  far  as  he  might, 
however,  because  of  his  love  of  conviviality  and  his  adequate  income 
which  didn't  require  him  to  work.  He  died  in  the  cholera  epidemic  of 
1854  and  only  the  tiny  village  through  which  the  cars  whiz  unconsciously 
on  Ogden  Avenue,  keeps  him  in  memoriam. 

Butterfield  Road,  now  planned  to  be  a  great  superhighway,  is  said  to 
be  named  for  Lyman  Butterfield,  one  of  the  first  settlers  who  home- 
steaded  160  acres  just  north  of  Lisle  and  bordering  on  what  is  now 
Butterfield  road.  Another  famous  Butterfield  is  Justin,  First  United 
States  District  Attorney  at  Chicago,  and  associated  with  Samuel  Lisle 
Smith  in  the  practice  of  law.  If  not  the  inspiration  for  the  name  of 
the  Butterfield  Road,  it  might  still  stand  justly  as  a  memorial  to  him  as  a 
great  highway  creator,  for  he  was  the  author  of  the  canal  bill  which 
authorized  the  construction  of  the  drainage  canal,  and  as  the  United 
States  Land  Commissioner,  he  secured  the  land  grant  with  which  the 
state  subsidized  the  construction  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad. 


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THE  STOBT  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


Stacy's  Tavern 


1837  Stacy's  Tavern  built  at  the  Five  Corners  (on  the  south  side  of  the 
Geneva  Road  just  back  of  the  Five  Corners  store)  by  Moses  Stacy  is 
still  standing  (1928),  though  unfit  for  occupation.  The  tavern  is  a  frame 
house,  the  boards  of  which  it  was  built  being  sawed  at  the  new  saw  mill 
at  Gary  Mills  on  the  west  bank  of  the  DuPage  river. 

Here  the  stage  coaches  stopped  on  their  way  from  Chicago  to  Galena 
and  Rockford.  The  tavern  is  a  low,  rambling,  picturesque  white  house, 
with  a  colonial  doorway  facing  Geneva  Road.  In  the  early  days  it  had  a 
sign  swinging  in  front  of  it. 

Moses  Stacy,  the  landlord  was  born  in  Belchertown,  Hampshire  County, 
Massachusetts  in  1796.  His  father,  also  Moses  Stacy,  and  a  native  of 
that  state,  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  Moses  the  second,  with  his 
family  came  around  the  lakes  in  a  sailing  vessel  from  New  York  state 
in  1835.  His  tavern  was  a  place  of  good  cheer  for  the  pioneers  as  they 
stopped  on  their  way  to  Chicago  with  a  load  of  grain  hauled  by  oxen. 
I  have  heard  Philo  Warren  Stacy  (his  son)   say  that  the  village  was  a 


Stage  Coach — Sketch  by  Miss  Harmon 


TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  37 

1837  halting  place  for  Indians  on  their  way  to  Chicago  and  that  as  many  as 
2,000  have  camped  here  at  a  time.  Many  Indians  found  shelter  for  the 
night  in  the  old  tavern. 

Stacy  Tavern  was  also  called  the  "Halfway  House"  because  it  was  half 
way  between  McHenry  and  Chicago.  The  loaded  teams  arrived  from  the 
west  late  at  night  and  left  early  in  the  morning  for  Chicago. 

David  Christian,  born  near  Lake  Champlain,  New  York  state,  settled  at 
Babcoek's  Grove  and  built  a  frame  house,  the  first  in  the  settlement.  He 
married  one  of  the  famous  twins,  Christiana  Churchill,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Winslow  Churchill.  He  gave  the  land  for  the  cemetery,  one  acre 
— the  rest  was  acquired  by  purchase  from  Winslow  Ackerman. 

Erastus  Ketcham,  famous  old  trapper,  was  his  step-son.  He  married 
the  mother,  Christiana,  one  of  the  famous  Churchill  twins  who  had 
married  a  Mr.  Ketcham,  and  become  a  widow  after  eleven  months. 
Christiana  came  west  with  her  twin,  Lurania — who  married  John  Acker- 
man — her  father  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill  and  the  rest  of  the  Churchill 
clan  who  made  the  trip  together. 

The  twins  lived  to  celebrate  their  91st  birthday,  February  15,  1893,  and 
were  at  that  time  the  oldest  twins  in  the  United  States. 

Erastus  Ketcham,  Christiana's  son  was  a  noted  character.  He  was  the 
first  white  trapper  on  either  fork  of  the  DuPage  river.  He  came  to  this 
stream  when  there  were  only  a  few  houses  in  Chicago  and  he  was  obliged 
to  cross  the  Chicago  river  in  a  scow.  He  has  hunted  over  the  site  of 
Chicago  and  in  almost  every  county  from  Lake  Michigan  to  Cairo.  In  the 
Sag,  west  of  Blue  Island,  he  killed  six  deer  as  fast  as  he  could  load  and 
shoot.  The  record  that  this  old  hunter  made  in  taking  wild  animals  is 
scarcely  more  remarkable  than  his  experience  in  hunting  bee  trees. 

He  was  a  friend  of  the  Indians,  his  life  being  saved  at  one  time  by 
them.  He  married  his  cousin  Mary  Jane  Churchill  and  lived  for  more 
than  half  a  century  in  the  little  frame  house  on  St.  Charles  Road,  now 
stuccoed  over  and  occupied  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  B.  F.  Hintze  who  won  two 
Tribune  prizes  for  their  garden  in  1927.  The  old  house  contains  beautiful 
hand  made  doors  and  hand  made  nails.  When  he  lived  there  it  was  a 
veritable  arsenal,  filled  with  his  hunting  equipment 

He  had  a  wonderful  soprano  voice  and  sang  the  old  church  tunes,  so  it 
was  said,  soaring  quite  above  the  singing  of  the  whole  congregation. 
Everybody  called  him  "Old  Ketch."  He  lies  with  his  family  in  Forest 
Hill  cemetery. 

The  famous  Buck  Horn  tavern  was  built  about  half  way  between 
Addison  and  Bloomingdale,  near  the  present  eastern  limits  of  the  Nordic 
country  club's  Lake  street  frontage,  and  was  one  of  the  most  popular 
hostelries  along  the  route  between  Galena  and  Chicago  when  the  lead 
mine  traffic  was  at  its  height. 

Gary  Mills  built  by  Jude  and  Erastus  Gary,  only  saw  mill  in  district, 
supplying  wide  territory  with  lumber  for  building.  All  that  is  left  now 
of  the  pioneer  enterprise  is  a  bridge  over  the  West  branch  of  the  DuPage 
River  on  Roosevelt  Road  in  Winfield  Township  where  the  road  turns 
sharply  north  for  a  few  hundred  feet,  before  it  goes  west  again  with  the 
West  Chicago  Road  going  north  just  a  little  ways  from  the  mill  site. 
The  mill  race  can  be  plainly  seen.  There  is  a  large  forest  tree  growing 
on  it.  The  water  of  the  river  ripples  over  some  stones  across  it,  where 
the  dam  was,  and  the  foundation  excavation  on  the  east  bank  of  the  river 
is  still  there.  This  locality  was  also  called  Mill  Creek  and  Glen  Ellyn 
Sunday  Schools  used  to  go  there  for  their  picnics. 

Jesse  C.  and  Warren  L.  Wheaton  from  Connecticut,  settled  in  county 
and  made  claims  on  present  site  of  Wheaton. 


38  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1837  March  4th,  Chicago  was  chartered  as  a  city. 

Sabbath  school  established:  Sheldon  Peck,  superintendent;  Deacon 
Winslow  Churchill,  librarian;  Lindsley  Newton,  Ira  Babcock,  Philura 
Dodge  and  Charlotte  Dena,  teachers. 

The  old  blacksmith  shop  at  Stacy's  Corners  was  used  as  a  church  for 
about  a  year  before  the  church  was  built.  It  was  cleaned  out  every  week 
so  it  was  ready  for  meetings  on  Sunday. 

As  soon  as  the  St.  Charles  Road  was  completed,  the  stage  coach  made 
its  appearance.  Its  important  business  was  the  carrying  of  mail  from 
town  to  town  across  the  state,  but  it  seemed  the  acme  of  speed  and 
comfort  after  lumbering  ox  teams  and  heavy  wagons.  The  coach 
traveled  at  the  rate  of  six  miles  an  hour  with  four  horses  as  a  team, 
fresh  relays  of  these  being  made  at  taverns  along  the  road.  The  first 
stage  coach  was  Dr.  Temple's  which  made  the  trip  from  Chicago  to 
Galena  tri-weekly,  passenger  rate  being  five  to  six  cents  per  mile. 

r^HE  Hubbards  had  come  to  Chicago  in  1836,  and  a  year  later  pre- 
(j|/  empted  a  tract  of  land  near  Glen  Ellyn.  Dr.  Theodore  Hubbard  was 
appointed  first  postmaster  by  President  Polk  and  served  in  the  days 
when  the  mail  was  brought  long  distances  on  horseback.  In  1850  the 
Hubbards  returned  to  Chicago,  where  the  husband  took  up  the  practice 
of  medicine  at  which  he  became  very  successful.  Mrs.  Hubbard,  of  dis- 
tinguished ancestry  (her  grandfather  was  Elijah  Ward  in  the  Continental 
Army  and  father,  Ebenezer  Ballou,  in  the  war  of  1812),  was  the  mother 
of  seven  children.  One  son,  Adolphus,  founded  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution.  Mrs.  Hubbard  was  elected  as  Honorary  Life  member  of  the 
United  States  Daughters  of  1812.  In  her  later  years,  she  was  again  in 
Glen  Ellyn,  and  after  her  death  at  an  old  age,  she  was  laid  to  rest  in 
the  family  lot  in  Forest  Hill  cemetery. 

1838  Frink  and  Walker  bought  Dr.  Temple's  stage  coach  line  and  continued  in 
business  for  eleven  years,  until  the  railroad  was  built.  Their  coaches 
ran  between  Chicago  and  St.  Charles,  later  to  Bloomingdale,  Naperville, 
Aurora  and  Ottawa.  The  mail  was  carried  on  the  flat  top  of  the  coaches 
which  accommodated  nine  to  a  dozen  passengers  and  were  quite  com- 
fortable with  their  upholstered  seats.  They  were  topheavy  affairs,  how- 
ever, and  often  overturned.  The  drivers  of  the  stage  coaches  were 
regular  jehus,  dirty,  swaggering  and  profane.  In  times  of  danger  they 
were  cool-headed,  often  rescuing  passengers  from  drowning  in  times  of 
flood  at  great  risk  to  their  lives.  The  travelers  were  only  too  glad  to 
stop  at  the  hospitable  taverns  along  the  road,  to  stretch  their  weary 
limbs  and  ease  their  aching  backs  as  well  as  to  find  some  refreshment. 
They  entered  them  to  find  a  jolly  fire  of  great  logs  roaring  up  the 
chimney,  the  host,  a  genial  smile  on  his  face,  scurrying  around  in  great 
haste  to  set  food  before  them  and  make  them  comfortable. 

Settlement  at  Five  Corners  now  called  Deerfield  Precinct. 

1839  DuPage  County  separated  from  Cook  County.  It  has  a  fraction  over 
nine  townshios,  is  bounded  on  the  north  and  east  by  Cook  County,  on  the 
south  by  Will  and  Cook  and  on  the  west  by  Kane.  A  commission  of  three 
men,  Ralph  Woodruff  of  LaSalle  County,  Seth  Reed  of  Kane  County, 
and  H.  S.  Loomis  of  Cook  County,  was  appointed  to  locate  a  county  seat, 
to  buy  three  acres  of  land  and  raise  not  less  than  $3,000. 

A  society  called  the  DuPage  Society  for  Mutual  Protection  was  formed 
for  the  purpose  of  securing  the  rights  and  interests  of  the  settlers  to  their 
respective   claims. 

First  election  of  county  officers  held  at  the  Pre-Emption  House,  Na- 
perville. 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  39 

1839  Naperville  was  selected  as  the  county  seat  because  it  was  the  oldest 
town  in  the  county,  the  largest  town  then,  with  a  tavern,  a  saw  mill  and  a 
trading  house  for  furs,  built  by  Col.  Naper,  and  it  was  on  the  great 
highway  between  Chicago  and  Galena.  A  court  house  was  built,  about 
$5,000  being  subscribed  by  the  citizens,  standing  on  Washington  Street 
between  the  present  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  the  Nichols  Library.  It  was  a 
frame  building  two  stories  high  with  a  jail  in  the  basement,  quite  an 
achievement  for  such  a  little  settlement  to  accomplish.  Bailey  Hobson 
was  appointed  commissioner  of  the  county  to  obtain  title  from  the 
government  for  the  public  square  on  which  the  court  house  was  erected. 
Naperville's  importance  was  also  increased  by  its  possession  of  Fort 
Payne  built  during  the  Black  Hawk  War,  a  defense  consisting  of  two 
block  houses  surrounded  by  pickets. 

Capt.  Joseph  Naper  was  the  first  licensed  merchant  in  DuPage  County. 

Orlinda  Gary,  sister  of  Erastus  and  Jude  Gary,  married  Jesse  C. 
Wheaton,  March  6th.  The  city  of  Wheaton  was  named  in  honor  of  her 
husband. 

This  sketch  written  by  Harriet  N.  Warren  Dobson  in  1888  gives  a  vivid 
picture  of  Orlinda  Gary  and  the  ways  of  the  pioneers:  Mrs.  Dobson,  by 
the  way,  was  the  daughter  of  Col.  J.  M.  Warren,  of  Warrenville:  "The 
first  summer  here  we  asked  one  day  for  the  ponies  and  wagon  of  our 
father  to  go  and  call  on  a  girl  whom  we  heard  had  recently  come  from 
the  east  to  keep  house  for  her  two  bachelor  brothers.  Our  father  was  a 
little  reluctant  to  let  us  have  the  horses,  knowing  how  little  experience  we 
had  in  driving.  We  had  already  invited  Ruth  Murray  and  Amelia  Fowler 
to  go  with  us  in  case  we  could  secure  the  team. 

"My  twin  sisters  and  myself  with  these  two  neighboring  girls  started 
on  a  visit  to  Miss  Orlinda  Gary  (now  Mrs.  Wheaton,  for  whose  husband 
the  place  now  called  Wheaton,  about  eight  miles  east,  was  named).  It 
was  only  three  miles  north  of  us,  but  we  were  late  getting  off.  Father 
said  we  better  leave  the  harness  on  the  horses  as  he  feared  we  could  not 
get  it  on  right  again,  but  we  were  not  obedient  to  his  orders.  We  found 
Miss  Gary  in  the  field  helping  her  brothers  put  in  their  corn,  but  nothing 
would  do  but  we  must  unharness  those  horses,  as  she  said,  'I  guess  a 
girl  going  through  the  Indian  war  can  unharness  a  pair  of  horses,'  so 
we  of  course,  allowed  her  to  do  as  she  pleased.  Such  a  time  though, 
as  we  did  have  when  we  attempted  again  to  replace  that  harness,  made 
us  wish  we  had  regarded  more  faithfully  our  father's  wishes.  I  think 
nearly  every  buckle  must  have  been  undone.  We  were  so  long  getting 
the  harness  on,  if  I  remember  rightly,  the  brothers  had  to  be  called  to 
our  assistance,  although  they  were  evidently  not  intending  to  come  in 
from  the  field  while  we  remained.  I  presume  they  did  not  care  to  be 
seen  in  thir  coarse  garments,  bare  feet  and  smutty  faces. 

"The  first  move  by  our  hostess  after  the  harness  was  removed  was  to 
wash  the  floor  while  we  were  loitering  around  the  outside  admiring 
the  scenery,  the  next  move  was  to  put  on  her  shoes  and  stockings,  comb 
her  hair,  dress  herself  neatly,  all  the  time  talking  and  visiting  except 
the  short  time  she  was  dressing.  A  brisk  fire  was  made,  the  tin  oven 
brought  on,  and  such  a  marvelous  supper  was  set  before  us.  It  was  all 
so  good,  such  a  nice  variety,  it  seemed  like  magic.  Splendid  biscuits,  a 
nice  custard  pie,  cake,  some  kind  of  stewed  fruit,  probably  brought  dried 
from  her  eastern  home,  honey,  etc.,  and  all  done  by  her  own  hands, 
most  of  the  time  chatting  and  visiting.  She  would  not  allow  us  to  help 
and  now  as  I  look  back  and  think  of  her  and  all  she  accomplished  in  that 
short  afternoon  fifty  years  ago,  it  seems  like  a  dream." 

The  meeting  house  was  built  at  DuPage  Center.  It  was  a  frame  build- 
ing, the  lumber  for  it  prepared  at  Gary  Mills  on  the  DuPage  River  near 
Warrenville,  owned  by  the  Garys  and  Jude  Gary,  one  of  the  brothers, 
was  the  circuit  riding  preacher  who  ministered  to  it.     The  little  church 


40  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1839  was  built  after  the  style  of  New  England,  white,  prim  and  puritan.  It 
had  no  spire  nor  bell,  the  windows  were  high  and  narrow  with  small 
panes  of  glass.  It  had  box  pews  with  little  doors  or  gates  which  one 
entered  from  the  aisle.  It  stood  for  twenty-three  years  near  the  north- 
west corner  of  Stacy's  Corners,  opposite  the  tavern.  It  is  now  the  old 
building  on  the  high  foundation  on  Crescent,  formerly  the  Saunders  home, 
but  now  occupied  as  a  rooming  house. 

When  the  foundation  was  prepared  and  the  lumber  brought,  there  was 
a  house-raising  party,  all  the  work  of  the  building  being  donated.  The 
people  gathered  from  far  around  and  after  a  hard  day  of  labor,  the 
men  sat  down  to  a  bountiful  meal  prepared  by  the  women,  a  meal 
consisting  of  wild  game  roasted  over  a  huge  bonfire,  cornbread,  wild 
honey,  dried  apple  pie,  and  other  pioneer  dainties. 

There  was  no  organ  or  choir  in  those  days,  such  an  innovation  would 
have  been  wicked  indeed,  a  snare  of  the  devil,  but  a  leader  stood  up  in 
front  of  the  congregation  and  sounded  the  note  on  a  tuning  fork  by 
placing  it  between  his  teeth  and  suddenly  withdrawing  it  and  putting  it 
to  his  ear,  when  all  joined  in  singing  a  hymn  with  some  fifteen  or 
twenty  verses,  the  tuning  fork  sounding  at  the  beginning  of  each  verse. 

Religious  services  had  been  held  from  the  beginning  in  the  log  cabins 
of  the  various  settlers,  and  in  the  log  school  house,  but  as  the  com- 
munity grew,  this  proved  inconvenient  and  inadequate.  Sabbath  for 
the  hard  working  pioneers,  was  not  only  a  day  of  religious  observation 
but  also  of  enjoyment  and  mutual  communing  with  friends  and  neighbors. 

The  congregation  came  in  wagons  drawn  by  oxen  or  on  horseback,  for 
miles  around.  If  it  was  summer,  after  the  morning  service  of  two 
hours,  a  picnic  dinner  was  eaten  under  the  trees  of  the  grove  and  a 
social  hour  enjoyed.  If  it  was  winter,  the  hospitable  housewives  of  the 
settlement  invited  the  folks  to  their  homes.  The  newspapers  of  that  day 
were  few  and  far  between,  so  the  Sabbath  gathering  served  in  their 
stead.     Another  service  of  two  hours'  length  was  held  in  the  afternoon. 

While  the  pioneers  during  the  week  time  dressed  in  homespun,  on 
Sundays  the  women  put  on  their  "best"  gowns,  perhaps  twenty  years  old, 
of  slate  colored  silk,  stiff  and  full,  with  a  white  muslin  kerchief  folded 
across  their  breasts,  and  prim  poke  bonnets  with  strings  tied  under  their 
chins.  In  their  hands  they  carried  a  small  Bible  and  a  sprig  of  rosemary 
enfolded  in  a  handkerchief.  The  men  were  solemn  and  dignified  in 
broadcloth  and  black  satin  choker. 

And  here's  a  pioneer  flapper.  Behold  a  gay  rustic  belle  dashing  up  to 
the  door  on  horseback.  Dark  grey  woolen  stockings,  cowhide  brogans 
with  leather  shoestrings,  a  very  short  sky  blue  silk  skirt,  somewhat 
faded,  a  black  silk  waist  or  sleeveless  jacket  also  much  worn,  a  square 
muslin  cape  with  a  broad  unstarched  ruffle,  a  huge  white  leghorn  sugar 
scoop  bonnet,  with  a  long  black  feather,  tied  under  her  chin  with  a  parti- 
colored ribbon. 

Kimball  Stacy,  son  of  Moses,  was  one  of  the  original  church  trustees 
and  was  one  of  the  active  members  of  the  building  committee.  He  died 
in  his  youth  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  May  5th.  His  was  the  first 
funeral  service  held  in  the  meeting  house. 

The  little  church  was  Methodist  in  creed,  and  it  was  for  many  years 
ministered  to  by  circuit  riders  of  whom  two  names  remain  to  local  fame, 
Jude  Gary  and  James  McChesney. 

CTTHE  circuit  riders  in  general,  including  these  two,  were  preachers  who 
VJ]/    served  the  Lord  for  love,  not  money.     They  were  versatile,   often 
earning   their   living   by   working   a   farm,    teaching   school,    doing 
carpenter  work  or  tailoring  during  the  week. 

The  people  of  the  scattered  little  churches  were  very  poor,  they  had 
to  pay  for  what  little  schooling  their  children  received  and  it  required 
much  self-sacrifice  to  pay  the  preachers  the  $200  or  $300  a  year  which 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  41 

1839  they  certainly  earned.  Perhaps  the  pay  would  not  be  money  at  all,  "but 
a  load  of  cordwood,  a  bushel  of  cornmeal,  a  smoked  ham,  two  yards  of 
flannel,  anything-  they  grew  or  made. 

The  circuit  rider  Was  a  great  lover  of  good  horses,  the  care  of  his 
horse,  his  companion  on  dangerous  and  lonely  trips  across  the  wilderness 
was  his  first  consideration,  so  much  depended  on  the  good  condition  of 
his  faithful  beast. 

Starting  out  on  his  mission  at  the  end  of  the  week,  he  would  place  in 
his  saddle  bag  first,  of  course,  the  Bible;  a  few  tracts  and  some  printed 
sermons;  Pilgrim's  Progress  and  a  few  other  books  of  like  nature  to  be 
loaned  to  some  isolated  families;  a  supply  of  food  for  his  journey  and 
a   few  other  necessities. 

His  sermon,  on  arriving  at  his  destination,  would  likely  be  on  tem- 
perance, the  popular  subject  of  the  period,  all  his  eloquence  as  an  ex- 
horter  being  brought  to  bear  on  his  listeners  to  urge  them  to  sign  the 
pledge  without  delay.  Another  favorite  topic  was  slavery,  upon  which 
feeling  was  beginning  to  be  intense  and  the  hearts  of  the  people  shadowed 
with  forebodings  of  trouble  to  come. 

After  the  toil  of  the  long  Sabbath  day,  the  circuit  rider  would  become 
the  guest  of  the  tavern  and  its  host.  Before  the  hospitable  log  fire  he 
would  relax  and  entertain  his  listeners  with  stories  and  experiences,  a 
jolly  companion  whose  hearty  laughter  was  often  heard  over  some  joke 
at  his  own  expense.  The  host  of  the  tavern  accepted  no  fee  for  enter- 
taining the  circuit  rider — it  was  a  free  will  gift  in  the  cause  of  the  Lord. 
On  Monday  morning  bright  and  early,  the  circuit  rider  would  mount  his 
horse  and  ride  back  to  his  farm  or  his  bench.  He  would  perhaps  visit 
the  several  churches  on  his  circuit  once  in  every  two  or  three  months,  at 
other  times  the  congregation  must  depend  on  printed  sermons  read  by 
some  prominent  member  of  the  congregation. 

1840  Bloomingdale  Road  (Main  Street)  opened. 

Name  of  Lake  Street  changed  to  St.  Charles  Road. 

Rev.  James  McChesney  second  circuit  rider  preacher 

One  of  first  weddings  at  Stacy  Corners  celebrated  April  27th,  when 
Gilbert  Way  and  Harriet  Fish  were  married.  The  bride  was  the 
daughter  of  Daniel  Fish  who  lived  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Bloom- 
ingdale Road  (Main  Street)  and  St.  Charles  Road. 

Miss  Experience  Gifford  taught  first  school  in  Bloomingdale  in  log 
house. 

Mark  Beaubien  traded  the  Illinois  Exchange,  at  the  Northwest  corner 
of  Lake  and  Wells  Streets,  Chicago,  with  Richard  Sweet,  for  a  farm  of 
260  acres  and  the  old  tavern  at  Naperville  on  the  Plank  Road.  He 
moved  to  the  tavern  and  kept  the  toll  gate  in  front  of  it,  charging 
three  cents  a  mile.  This  tavern  was  a  mile  and  a  half  east  of  Naperville 
in  the  locality  known  as  Sweet's  Grove,  on  the  Chicago  Plank  Road  (now 
Ogden  Avenue)  in  which  Mr.  Beaubien  owned  stock.  Another  toll  gate 
was  kept  by  John  Lundy  for  the  same  fee,  at  the  crossing  of  Western 
Avenue  and  the  Plank  Road. 

Just  east  of  the  tavern,  which  still  stands  (1928)  is  a  little  private 
burying  ground  for  the  Beaubien  family.  Here  lies  Mark's  brother,  Gen. 
Jean  Baptiste  Beaubien  who  was  active  in  defending  the  pioneers  of 
Lisle  township  during  the  Blackhawk  war,  who  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  .the  Cook  and  DuPage  county  militia  and  who  was  commissioned 
brigadier  general  by  the  governor  in  1855. 

Also,  here  lies  an  old  soldier  named  Smith,  who  fought  under  Napoleon 
Bonaparte. 


42  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1841  First  frame  schoolhouse  built  on  Bloomingdale   Road   one   block  south 
of  Stacy  Corners,  across  the  street  from  the  present  Forest  Glen  School. 

Jesse  Childs  Wheaton,  son  of  the  pioneer  for  whom  Wheaton  was 
named,  taught  in  it  many  years  later. 

Isaac  Bradford  Churchill,  son  of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill,  records  in 
an  old  account  book  of  1841  belonging  to  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Hattie 
Wimpress  that  he  lost  $200  worth  of  grain  and  hay  by  fire;  that  for 
staying  five  times  in  Chicago  the  expense  was  $2.50;  that  he  paid  $2.57 
taxes  on  lot  8,  block  69;  that  the  village  owed  him  $4.60  for  taxes  on 
the  village  lot;  that  the  weaving  of  thirty- three  yards  of  cloth  at  seven 
cents  a  yard  cost  $2.31;  that  he  paid  eighteen  cents  for  one  bottle  of 
Godfrey  Cordial,  twenty-five  cents  for  one  bonnet  and  thirty-eight  cents 
for  two  bushels  of  potatoes.  He  had  to  take  his  corn  to  the  mill  in 
Naperville  to  be  ground. 

Pupils  in  1841,  in  the  Sabbath  School  started  in  1837,  were:  Miles 
Winslow  and  Elbyron  Ackerman,  Kimball  and  Philo  Stacy,  Charles  and 
George  Peck,  Mary  Ann  and  Horace  Churchill,  Laura  Hubbard,  Irene 
Babcock,  Robilla  and  Lusana  Dodge,  Almera  and  George  Fish  and 
Louis   Hand. 

The  preachers  were  William  Kimball  and  Brother  Hubert,  the  presiding 
elder,  I.  T.  Mitchell  and  the  leader  of  the  class,  Levi  Bellou. 

Some  of  the  members  were:  Mary  Bellou,  Seth,  Roxana,  Winslow,  Jr., 
Hiram,  Horace,  Drusilla,  Isaac  B.  and  Angelina  Churchill,  Eunice  Miller, 
Clarke  and  Wayne  Corbit,  M.  D.  Morton,  David  and  Christiana  Christian, 
Sylvanus,  Laura,  Ruth  and  Clarissa  Janes,  Harriet  Peck,  Moses  and 
Joan  Stacy,  Andrew  W.  and  Sarah  Freeto,  Malena  Powers,  Lurana  and 
Miles  Ackerman,  Sylvanus  Barney,  David  Honeywell,  Lucy  Ann  Dodge 
and  Rebecca  Kimble. 

1842  Naperville  platted  and  recorded  February  14th,  first  recorded  plat  in  the 
county. 

The  minimum  value  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Stacy  Corners  was  $1.25 
an  acre  and  the  maximum  $1.50.  Two  bushels  of  potatoes  sold  for  thirty- 
eight  cents  bushel. 

Taverns  at  Elmhurst  were:  Cass  House  on  St.  Charles  Road;  beyond 
Salt  Creek,  a  large  solitary  house,  long  known  as  "Bleak  House";  cottage 
of  Gen.  A.  C.  McClurg.  Esquire  Bates  bought  the  Ogden  McClurg  dwell- 
ing calling  it  "Hill  Cottage"  as  it  stood  on  a  slight  rise  of  ground.  He 
was  the  first  postmaster  of  the  settlement  which  was  named  after  his 
home,  continuing  in  office  for  more  than  forty  years.  All  these  taverns 
went  out  of  business  at  the  coming  of  the  railroad  and  were  sold  to 
farmers  and  other  settlers. 

1843  Stephen  Bronson  from  New  York  came  north  of  Naperville  and  bought 
500   acres   from   the   government  for  $1.25   an   acre.     He  parceled   this 


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1843  property  out  among  his  sons  and  the  Meachams  and  Spragues  and  the 
crossroads,  where  Butterfield  Road  and  the  Naperville  Road  cross,  were 
known  as  Bronsonville.  Here  Stephen  ran  a  tavern,  caring-  for  the  busy 
stream  of  drivers  who  hauled  their  grain  down  Butterfield  road  to  the 
mills.  The  old  house  has  burned  down,  but  the  barns  across  from  it  on 
the  east  side  of  the  road,  are  still  standing.  The  Indian  signal  hill,  where 
General  Scott  had  once  camped  during  the  Black  Hawk  War,  was  on  the 
Bronson  farm.  Everyone  driving  to  Naperville  notices  it  now,  for  it  lifts 
its  rounded,  tree  fringed  head  definitely — almost  defiantly — from  the 
surrounding  rolling  country.  It's  on  the  west  side  of  the  road,  a  bit 
south  of  the  Butterfield  road.  The  Antlers  country  club  was  also  on  a 
part  of  the  old  Bronson  farm.  Stephen  Bronson  was  Mrs.  B.  B.  Curtis' s 
grandfather. 

Three  blacksmith  shops  at  Stacy  Corners,  also  a  wagon  and  harness 
shop,  two  grocery  stores,  general  store  and  match  factory.  "Hard 
drinks"  were  sold  in  the  grocery  stores. 

Cottage  Hill  Tavern,  built  at  Cottage  Hill  (Elmhurst)  by  J.  L.  Hovey. 

Dr.  Elijah  Smith,  born  in  Morristown,  New  Jersey  in  1815,  came  west 
and  secured  title  to  a  quarter  section  of  land  where  Itasca  now  stands, 
receiving  his  grant  direct  from  President  John  Tyler,  under  the  date  of 
March  10th,  1843. 

Dr.  Smith  practiced  medicine  and  carried  on  a  dairy  business,  building 
a  great  barn  from  hand  hewn  timbers,  brought  from  Elk  Grove,  put 
together  with  wooden  pegs.  In  1923  Mr.  Hinshaw  bought  the  old  barn, 
tore  down  half  of  it,  moved  the  other  half  to  a  lot  on  Center  street  and 
remodeled  it  into  a  modern  residence. 

Back  of  H.  H.  Franzen's  property,  near  the  original  site  of  the  old 
barn,  stands  a  huge  cottonwood  tree.  The  legend  goes  that  late  one 
night,  Dr.  Smith  returned  from  a  call,  tied  his  horse  to  the  fence  and 
stuck  his  whip  into  the  ground.  He  forgot  about  the  whip  and  when  he 
remembered  it,  it  had  sprouted  into  a  young  tree  which  is  now  the 
hoary  old  cottonwood,  still  standing  in  1928. 

1844  Warrenville  was  the  next  recorded  village  plat,  May  17th.  Celebrated  as 
the  birthplace  of  the  late  Elbert  H.  Gary,  the  steel  magnate. 

Horace  Brooks  County  Commissioner  of  Schools  till  1847. 

The  Horace  Brooks'  home  stood  on  South  Main  Street,  the  house  was 
not  a  farm  house,  though  it  was  built  after  they  left  their  farm  on  what 
is  now  Roosevelt  Road  at  the  foot  of  Baker  Hill.  The  house  has  since 
been  moved  over  to  Glenwood  and  faces  west  instead  of  east,  occupied 
now  by  A.  R.  Utts.  Main  Street  stopped  just  south  of  the  Brooks'  gate 
and  Squire  Brooks  planted  those  fine  old  elms  along  a  lane  running  past 
the  front  of  his  yard.  He  was  Mrs.  Brooks'  second  husband,  her  first  one 
having  been  Shadrack,  his  brother  and  the  father  of  the  many  Brooks' 
children.  He  was  an  intelligent  old  gentleman,  concerned  with  public 
affairs,   being  surveyor  many  years. 

Mrs.  Brooks  was  a  busy,  energetic  woman,  a  good  mother  and  a  helpful 
neighbor,  with  a  great  faculty  for  caring  for  the  sick,  so  she  was  always 
called  in  in  times  of  illness.  In  her  later  years,  she  was  known  as 
Grandma  Brooks  by  all  the  children  in  town. 

Luther  Bartlett  came  to  DuPage  County  from  Massachusetts,  and  set 
up  an  establishment  on  a  700  acre  farm  at  Bartlett,  now  a  mile  and 
half  from  the  Milwaukee  Railroad,  with  the  old  Army  Trail  running 
through  the  south  corner  of  it,  and  legend  having  the  grave  of  one  of 
the  marching  soldiers  somewhere  on  tne  farm.  The  Bartletts  lived  first 
in  a  log  house,  then  built  the  farmhouse  which  still  stands,  and  prospered 
and  progressed  with  the  times.  They  had  eleven  children,  of  whom  the 
son,  Chester  D.  Bartlett,  was  the  last  to  run  the  farm,  and  was  prominent 


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1844  politically  through  the  county.  In  1908  the  Bartlett  farm,  then  of  400 
acres,  was  sold  to  a  Chicago  grocer  who  planned  to  conduct  it  on  a 
scientific  scale. 

1845  Bloomingdale  platted,  January  11th,  third  earliest  village.  "Blooming- 
dale  being  directly  on  the  line  of  Chicago,  Elgin  and  Galena  stage  road 
was  perhaps  more  widely  known  at  an  early  date  than  any  other  vil- 
lage of  the  county." — Combination  Atlas  Map  of  DuPage  County.  Bloom- 
ingdale is  once  more  back  on  the  traveler's  map  with  busses  to  Elgin 
and  Chicago  stopping  there  every  two  hours. 

Frink  &  Walker  stage  coaches  passed  between  Chicago  and  Galena, 
stopping  several  times  a  week  at  Stacy  Tavern,  carrying  U.  S.  Mail  and 
passengers. 

G.  U.  Nind  came  to  Danby  from  England,  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Lloyd  and 
Mrs.  Nelson.  George  Nelson  of  South  Main  Street,  village  engineer,  is 
his  grandson. 

1846  War  with  Mexico — some  of  the  young  men  of  Stacy's  Corners  enlisted. 
Warren  Hubbard,  one  of  them,  lost  his  life  and  is  buried  in  Forest  Hill 
Cemetery. 

Rev.  Philander  Taylor,  the  pioneer  of  the  Baptist  denomination  in  this 
vicinity,  came  to  Stacy  Corners,  and  with  his  coming  the  old  meeting 
house  passed  from  Methodism  to  the  Baptist  creed.  It  continued  to  be 
Baptist  until  its  removal  to  Danby.  The  Rev.  Taylor  was  a  native  of 
Vermont,  later  moving  to  Spencer,  New  York,  where  his  daughter  Betsy, 
who  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Philo  Warren  Stacy,  was  born.  His 
wife  was  Thankful  Manning  Taylor,  the  Mannings  coming  from  Tioga 
County,  New  York.  The  Rev.  Philander  Taylor  lived  until  1881  and  is 
buried  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery  as  is  also  his  wife. 

The  Methodists  held  their  meetings  in  the  frame  school  house  on 
Bloomingdale  Road,  on  Main  Street. 

David  Kelley  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace. 

1847  Emigrants  in  the  lumbering  "ships  of  the  prairie"  passed  Stacy  Tavern 
in  an  endless  procession  and  St.  Charles  Road  was  a  busy  thoroughfare. 

The  Chicago  Plank  Road,  now  Ogden  Avenue  was  built,  the  first  plank 
road  out  of  Chicago.  It  had  always  been  an  Indian  trail,  over  which 
the  pioneers  had  fled  to  Fort  Dearborn  during  the  Black  Hawk  War. 

There  was  a  toll  gate  every  three  miles  a  toll  of  three  cents  a  mile 
being  collected. 

Rev.  James  McChesney  and  his  wife,  Matilda,  pre-empted  160  acres  in 
Schaumberg  township  and  lived  there  until  1854,  when  they  moved  to 
Danby. 

Deacon  Winslow  Churchill  passed  away  September  18. 

Horace  Brooks  county  surveyor  until  1859. 

William  Schatz,  son  of  Phillip  Schatz,  and  uncle  of  Mrs.  G.  L.  Wagner, 
was  the  first  painter  in  the  village.  And  Mr.  Wilson  and  Mr.  Hantz, 
sons-in-law  of  Phillip  Schatz,  were  the  first  carpenters,  one  of  the  homes 
built  by  them,  and  lived  in  by  one  of  them,  still  stands  on  Crescent  Blvd., 
where  the  Deibers  live,  between  Forest  and  Park,  just  east  of  the  building 
that  was  formerly  Saunders'  Hall,  and  originally  the  little  old  church. 
Mrs.  Curtis  (nee  Rebecca  Schatz,  sister  of  William  and  daughter  of 
Phillip),  was  the  first  milliner  and  dressmaker,  who  learned  her  trade 
from  G.  M.  H.  Wagner's  mother  in  Hamburg,  Pa.,  where  both  families 


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THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1847  lived  before  coming  here.  Mrs.  Curtis  made  William  Newton's  sister's 
wedding-  dress,  all  made  by  hand,  as  there  were  no  sewing  machines  in 
those  days. 

Rebecca  Schatz  met  her  future  husband  when  she,  being  the  only 
milliner  in  the  neighborhood,  was  asked  to  come  to  Mrs.  Peter  B. 
Curtis's  to  make  her  up  some  hats.  There  she  met  Mrs.  Peter's  son, 
Alonzo,  and  the  young  people  were  married  in  1852.  Their  home  was 
the  farm  which  is  now  the  county  farm,  where  I  grew  up. 

I  have  in  my  possession  the  first  reed  organ  brought  to  Glen  Ellyn, 
which  was  bought  by  my  husband's  father,  G.  M.  H.  Wagner. — Ida  Curtis 
Wagner. 

1848  September  25,  Miss  Almeda  J.  Powers  (later  Mrs.  J.  S.  Dodge,  mother  of 
O.  D.  Dodge),  had  her  school  report  accepted  by  the  school  directors  of 
District  No.  4  in  Township  39,  Range  10,  East  of  the  Third  Principal 
Meridian,  U.  M.  Dodge  and  Lavinia  Brookings,  and  was  authorized  to 
receive  "the  sum  of  $18  due  her."  Her  report  covers  the  attendance 
records  for  the  school  from  June  22  to  July  28,  and  lists  the  following 
pupils:  Warner  and  Pane  P.  Whitman  and  Abigail  Whitman,  Edith  M. 
Clark,  Helen  and  Edgar  Dodge,  Harriet  Page,  Don  A.  Isabel,  Hannah 
Robinson,  Mary  J.  Callahan,  John  Landy,  Abigail  Callahan,  Bridget 
Landy,  Diana  and  Daniel  Robinson. 

Teachers  boarded  from  home  to  home  and  the  amount  of  board  the 
teacher  received  depended  on  the  number  of  children  who  attended 
school  from  that  particular  home.  A  rate  bill  made  out  by  Miss  Powers 
carries  the  family's  dues  out  into  decimals,  thus:  David  Whitman  for 
Warren  Whitman  $1.3266;  for  Jane  Whitman,  $1.3662;  for  Abigail  Whit- 
man, $1.3662,  making  a  total  of  $4.05.     So  each  family  paid  accordingly. 


AN  AUTOBIOGRAPHY   OF  AN  ILLINOIS   SCHOOL  TEACHER 

«f  WAS  born  in  the  state  of  New  York,  November  9th,  1828,  in  Onondaga 
1J  county,  Town  of  Elbridge,  Village  of  Jordan.  My  father  was  a  soldier, 
^  served  in  the  War  of  1812,  his  name,  Aretus  Powers,  his  father's  name 
was  Samuel,  his  grandfather's  was  William,  and  his  grandmother's  name  was 
Tryphena  Flood.    They  came  from  Massachusetts. 

My  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Myrana  Colburn 
and  Elijah  Ward.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  enlisting  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  serving 
in  Capt.  Twogood's  Company  in  General  Nixon's 
regiment.  He  died  at  Jordon,  where  his  home  was, 
in  1839. 

My  father  died  in  the  year  1832.  In  1839  we 
started  for  the  State  of  Illinois,  mother,  sister  and 
brother.  We  took  a  canal  boat  at  Jordon,  for  Buffalo, 
1  and  from  there  we  took  a  sail  boat  for  Chicago, 
where  we  arrived  on  July  13.  We  were  landed  on 
the  north  side  of  the  pier.  A  man  came  to  us,  asked 
us  where  we  wanted  to  go.  Mother  told  him  to 
Babcock's  Grove.  He  said  he  would  take  us  there 
for  $10,  so  mother  gave  him  the  money  and  we  all 
ii  got  in  his  wagon  and  started  west. 

We  started  up  the  river,  passed  Fort  Dearborn  on 

the  opposite  side  of  the  river,  came  to  a  float-bridge, 

Mrs.  J.  S.  Dodge  crossed   over   onto   Water   Street  and  on   to   Lake, 

then  on  to  Randolph  where  we  went  West  again,  until  we  came  to  the  Des 

Plaines  River,  which  we  had  to  ford  as  there  was  no  bridge  at  that  time.    We 


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continued  west  until  we  reached  our  destination  in  good  time.     Two  brothers 
and  a  sister  were  settled  here  with  their  families.     They  came  in  1826. 

When  I  was  fifteen,  one  of  our  neighbors  asked  me  if  I  would  like  to  teach 
the  children  to  read  and  spell.  I  said  I  would  like  to  teach  them  what  I  knew 
myself,  so  the  summer  kitchen  was  put  in  order,  and  a  big  box  stove  put  in, 
filled  with  wood  and  set  on  fire  which  made  the  room  warm.  Some  of  the 
neighbors  wanted  their  children  to  come  in,  so  they  came  with  clean  faces  and 
hands  at  the  regular  school  hour.  Thus  passed  a  happy  winter  with  me,  and 
the  children  seemed  willing  to  do  anything  I  requested  of  them.  I  had  about 
twenty  scholars,  some  of  them  older  than  myself.  This  was  a  family  school 
at  the  home   of  Sheldon   Peck   in   1843. 

The  next  school  I  taught  was  at  the  south  side  of  the  grove,  sometimes 
called  the  Dodge  District.  I  had  to  get  a  certificate  of  ability  and  character, 
three  directors  examined  me  and  gave  me  a  certificate,  so  I  taught  the  school, 
which  was  a  district  or  public  school.  The  reason  of  this  strict  examination 
was  to  get  a  share  of  the  public  money  which  was  a  certain  portion  for  each 
scholar.  The  directors  of  the  school  were  Horace  and  Shadrack  Brooks  and 
Lenzie    Newton,    in   1845. 

The  next  school  I  taught,  in  1846,  was  at  Babcock's  Grove,  where  the  town 
of  Lombard  is  situated.  It  was  a  large  school,  thirty  children,  who  were  nice 
and  mannerly.  All  of  them  came  to  learn  and  were  willing  to  obey.  The 
directors  were:    Sheldon  Peck,  Mr.  Smith,  Mr.  Whitmore. 

In  1847,  the  next  school  I  taught  was  in  Oak  Ridge,  which  is  now  called 
Oak  Park.  The  directors  said  if  I  could  get  a  certificate  and  a  recommend 
of  Warren  L.  Wheaton,  I  could  have  the  school,  so  I  applied  to  him  and  he 
examined  me  and  gave  me  a  certificate  and  I  taught  the  school. 

The  next  school  I  taught  in  1848,  was  at  the  south  side  of  the  grove 
where  Glen  Ellyn  is  now  situated,  only  a  short  distance  from  the  little  lake. 
This  was  quite  a  large  school  and  a  very  pleasant  one. 

Perhaps  someone  who  read  this  article  may  be  curious  to  know  what 
books  we  used  in  school  in  those  early  days.  For  reading,  the  old  English 
Reader  was  used  for  the  first  class,  for  the  second,  we  used  Cobb's  Juvenile 
Reader,  for  the  third,  the  Elementary  Spelling  Book.  In  Arithmetic,  Daball's 
for  the  older  ones  and  for  the  younger,  Colburn's  Mental  Arithmetic. 

Peter  Parley's  Geography  was  used  at  that  time. 

Pens  were  made  from  Goose  Quills,  steel  pens  were  not  invented  until 
1803  and  did  not  come  into  general  use  until  1839.  It  was  not  an  uncommon 
thing  to  see  the  teacher  with  a  half  dozen  quill  pens  over  his  ear  to  be  repaired. 

To  encourage  the  children  a  half  silver  dollar  piece  was  the  prize.  It 
had  a  hole  in  it  and  long  enough  string  to  go  around  the  neck  and  the  one 
who  left  off  at  the  head  of  the  class  wore  it  each  day,  and  at  the  close  of 
school  the  one  who  left  off  at  the  head  of  the  class  the  largest  number  of 
times  received  the  half  dollar.     This  was  the  spelling  class. 

There  never  had  been  a  district  or  public  school  at  any  of  the  places 
mentioned  before  I  kept  them. 

Completed  this  12th  day  of  March,  1913 

By  Almeda  Jane  Powers  Dodge 
(aged  85  years) 

Mrs.  Hattie  Wimpress,  daughter  of  Isaac  Bradford  Churchill,  and 
granddaughter  of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill,  has  several  original  land 
grants  from  President  James  K.  Polk  in  her  possession.  This  one  she 
loaned  Miss  Harmon  to  be  used  in  "The  Story  of  an  Old  Town." 

DOWN  THE  HILL  TO  DANBY 

1848  Construction  on  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railroad  was  actually 
begun,  though  a  charter  had  been  granted  January  10,  1836. 

It  had  begun  to  be  whispered  about  that  a  wonderful  new  invention 
was  at  hand,  a  powerful  piece  of  machinery  that  ran  on  iron  rails  and 
drew  after  it  a  string  of  coaches  buckled  together  and  capable  of  hold- 
ing three  times  as  many  passengers  as  the  old  stage  coaches  and  which 


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TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  49 

1848  went  along  at  breakneck  speed.  Children  sat  about  the  fireplace  at  night 
and  listened  to  their  parents  talk  about  the  wonderful  iron  horse,  with 
eyes  wide  with  excitement,  and  wondered  if  they  should  ever  see  it. 

Steps  were  taken  by  the  village  and  a  council  of  leading  citizens  was 
formed  to  investigate  the  rumors,  and  if  they  proved  true,  to  proceed  to 
Chicago  and  try  to  induce  the  company  to  lay  the  road  through  Stacy's 
Corners.  In  these  ten  years  between  the  charter  granting  and  the  start 
of  work,  the  village  had  tried  to  bend  the  railroad  to  their  views,  but 
all  in  vain.  The  village  ultimately  had  to  come  down  the  hill  to  the  rail- 
road, though  now  it  is  busily  going  back  to  the  Corners. 

A  gang  of  laborers  appeared,  grading  and  preparing  the  road  bed. 
Cross  ties  were  laid,  then  timbers  of  about  eight  or  ten  inches  square  and 
of  convenient  length  were  laid  lengthwise  and  fastened  to  the  ties.  Upon 
the  upper  surface  of  these  stringers  were  laid  bars  of  wrought  iron  an 
inch  thick  and  about  three  inches  wide,  called  rails.  These  were  pierced 
with  holes  so  that  they  might  be  fastened  to  the  stringers,  the  holes  being 
counter  sunk,  so  that  the  square  heads  of  the  spikes  should  not  come 
above  the  surface  of  the  rail.  The  end  of  the  strap  rail  was  cut  at  the 
common  angle  of  forty-five  degrees  so  that  each  rail  might  match  with 
its  neighbor  and  avoid  the  break  square  across,  which  causes  the 
perpetual  click  and  hammering  which  we  now  hear  on  our  roads.  All 
this  looked  like  the  making  of  a  good  road,  but  in  practice  the  weight  of 
the  locomotive  and  the  loaded  cars  tended  to  lengthen  the  thin  strap, 
to  loosen  the  spikes,  to  curve  up  the  ends  and  draw  the  spikes,  and  at 
last  make  the  ends  stand  up  several  inches.  Such  elevated  points  were 
called   snake-heads. 

If  the  snake-head  rose  so  high  that  it  struck  the  approaching  car 
wheel  above  its  middle,  the  strap  would  be  forced  up  into  the  car,  gen- 
erally going  through  the  car  and  doing  mischief.  Of  course,  trains 
must  run  slow  and  there  must  be  a  perpetual  look-out.  Sometimes  an 
engineer,  when  he  saw  a  snake-head,  no  matter  which  way  it  pointed, 
would  stop  the  train,  and  jump  down  with  a  hammer  and  a  box  of  spikes, 
run  forward  and  nail  down  the  peril. 

Wolf  hunts  were  popular  amusements  for  the  men.  Sixty  wolves  were 
often   killed  at  a   round-up. 

3849  In  the  fall  of  1849  word  came  to  Newton's  Station  that  the  first  train 
over  the  line  passing  through  the  settlement  would  leave  the  Chicago 
station  on  October  24th.  The  news  spread  like  wild  fire.  Nothing  else 
was  talked  about  for  days  by  the  settlers,  every  family  for  miles  around 
planned  to  make  the  occasion  a  grand  celebration. 

When  the  great  day  came,  the  farmers  began  to  leave  their  homes  at 
4:00  A.  M.  No  telling  when  the  cars  would  come  and  they  might  get  to 
Newton's  Station  early  in  the  morning. 

Several  hundred  people  gathered  around  the  track,  and  waited,  hours 
and  hours,  passing  the  time  visiting  and  eating  picnic  dinners. 

Sure  enough,  early  in  the  day,  the  ten  ton  locomotive  the  "Pioneer" 
had  puffed  and  snorted  its  way  out  of  Chicago,  dragging  a  couple  of 
coaches  behind  it.  It  proceeded  very  cautiously  on  its  way,  and  it 
was  noon  before  it  reached  the  Des  Plaines  River,  where  it  must  stop  for 
wood. 

It  was  long  past  mid-afternoon  before  the  whistle  of  the  on-coming 
train  was  heard.  Old  Deacon  Landy  ringing  a  cowbell  then  took  his 
station  in  the  middle  of  the  track,  Dr.  Newton,  carrying  the  Stars  and 
Stripes  followed,  others  beating  drums  and  fifes,  brought  up  the  rear. 
Amid  deafening  shouts  and  hurrahs,  the  first  train,  thus  escorted,  slowly 
made  its  way  through  the  settlement.  The  train  passed  on,  through 
Wheaton,  Wayne,  West  Chicago,  to  Elgin,  where  it  rested  from  its 
triumphant  first  trip.     The  Chicago  and  North  Western  celebrated  its 


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1849  diamond  anniversary  (75  years)  October  23,  1923.  At  that  time  310 
passenger  trains  daily  enter  and  leave  the  Chicago  terminal,  with  an 
average  of  67,450  passengers  handled  daily  out  of  Chicago. 


The  "Pioneer' 


The  "Pioneer"  is  now  (1928)  on  exhibition  in  the  train  shed  of  the 
North  Western  station  in  Chicago.  It  had  a  speed  of  twenty-five  miles  an 
hour,  compared  with  the  ninety  miles  of  the  modern  mogul. 

The  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railway  (the  Chicago  and  North 
Western)  hauled  its  first  train  over  its  tracks  with  the  engine  called 
"The  Pioneer."  The  right  of  way  originally  ran  along  Crescent  Boule- 
vard, but  with  the  elimination  of  the  curve,  the  tracks  were  moved  into 
their  present  position.  The  station  originally  stood  right  at  Main  Street 
on  land  owned  by  L.  Q.  Newton.  Formerly  a  brook  ran  from  the  south 
under  the  railroad  tracks,  and  northerly  by  the  old  Congregational  church 
(Grace  Lutheran).  Many  a  spring  the  water  ran  over  the  tracks.  The 
railroad  hauled  hundreds  of  carloads  of  necessary  filling  material  to  build 
up  the  present  station  site  and  surrounding  park. 

In  those  early  days  all  engines  were  named,  several  after  officials  and 
important  personages.  Passenger  engines  were  called  "Greyhound," 
"Reindeer"  and  such.  When  engines  began  burning  coal,  they  were 
named  "Hecla,"  "Vesuvius,"  and  "Aetna,"  among  other  cognomens  which 
finally  fell  off  into  numbers  as  engines  became  too  numerous.  At  that 
time,  too,  all  C.  B.  &  Q.  trains  used  to  pass  over  these  tracks  from 
West  Chicago  (Turner  Junction)  to  Harlem  (Oak  Park)  where  they 
turned  south  and  went  into  their  own  terminus,  until  their  own  line  was 
built  east  from  Aurora. 

The  "Pioneer"  was  built  by  the  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works  and  shipped 
to  Chicago  by  boat.  The  first  coach,  built  by  Welch  and  Launder, 
carriage  builders  at  Randolph  and  Dearborn  streets,  Chicago,  cost  $2,000, 
and  was  described  as  "an  elegant  affair."  It  was  about  the  size  of  a 
big  omnibus,  with  the  seats  running  along  the  side,  and  destitute  of 
any  of  the  comforts  and  conveniences  of  today. 

The  speed  of  the  train  was  slow,  the  roadway  uneven,  there  were  no 
straps  to  hang  to  and  passengers  were  frequently  all  jumbled  together 
at  the  lurching  of  the  coach.  There  was  only  one  track,  and  one  pas- 
senger and  one  freight  train  each  way,  comprised  the  day's  service.  The 
first  ten  miles  from  Chicago  to  Oak  Park  (Harlem)  was  finished  De- 
cember 30th,  1848.  It  was  completed  to  the  Mississippi  at  Fulton,  De- 
cember 10th,  1855,  the  first  railroad  that  turned  a  locomotive  wheel  in 


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1849  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  the  first  in  the  state  to  connect  the  commerce 
of  the  Mississippi  and  the  Great  Lakes.  In  1865,  it  was  consolidated  with 
the  North  Western. 

Engines  burned  wood  and  a  tract  of  940  acres  on  the  Des  Plaines  River 
furnished  wood  for  ties  and  fuel  for  many  years.  When  the  train  stopped 
at  any  "wooding"  station,  the  whole  train  crew  and  often  some  of  the 
passengers  joined  in  throwing  the  sawed  wood  into  the  great  box  of  the 
tender.  If  a  stop  had  been  made  remote  from  a  water  station,  lines  of 
disgusted  passengers  trudged  back  and  forth  for  hours  between  the  im- 
portant train  and  the  nearest  creek  or  farm,  often  a  distance  of  miles, 
each  with  one  or  two  pails  of  some  kind,  carrying  water  to  put  in  the 
tank. 

Cars  were  coupled  with  the  long  link  and  pin  operated  by  hand,  and 
resulting  in  the  train  of  a  number  of  cars  suddenly  stretching  or 
shrinking  in  length  with  sudden  changes  of  speed  as  much  as  a  score 
or  more  of  feet,  with  sudden  jars  and  hazards  unknown  on  modern  trains. 

There  was  no  way  then  to  warm  the  water  in  the  tank  of  the  engine 
tender  and  the  only  way  to  bring  it  from  the  tank  to  the  boiler  was 
by  a  leather  hose  swinging  freely  enough  between  the  two  to  resist 
breaking  from  a  sudden  stretch  of  the  train.  Often  a  two  or  three 
minute  stop  in  bitter  weather  was  enough  to  freeze  these  hoses,  tying  up 
the  train.     A  little  delay  in  a  snow  drift  would  work  the  same  havoc. 

Then  it  was  necessary  for  the  crew  to  build  a  fire  very  carefully  on 
the  ground  under  the  hose  where  it  passed  in  festoons  from  tank  to 
boiler  and  watch  it  closely  lest  the  leather  would  scorch,  in  which  case 
the  hose  would  burst  and  the   train  be  indefinitely  stranded. 

The  new  village,  a  mile  south  of  Stacy's  Corners,  was  called  Newton's 
Station  for  Dr.  Lewey  Quitterfield  Newton  who  owned  the  land  where 
Glen  Ellyn  now  stands,  who  built  the  first  station  for  the  railroad,  also 
the  first  house  (northwest  corner  of  Pennsylvania  and  Main,  which  site 
has  been  given  to  the  village)    and  was   the  first  physician  in  Danby. 

William  B.  Ogden  and  John  B.  Turner,  scouting  through  the  prairies 
for  possible  routes  for  the  Chicago  and  Galena  Railroad,  found  discourag- 
ing receptions  except  from  the  Wheatons  who  entertained  them  and 
offered  them  a  right  of  way  through  their  land.  When  the  station  was 
built,   it  was  named  in  their  honor. 

First  newspaper  published  in  county  at  Naperville,  called  the  DuPage 
County  Recorder. 

First  county  commissioner  of  schools  was  the  Rev.  Hope  Brown  of 
Naperville,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Maxon  M.  Moore,  of  Hillside  Avenue. 

Excitement  over  the  discovery  of  gold  took  many  from  Danby.  Horace 
Churchill,  twenty-one  year  old  brother  of  William  Henry  Churchill  lost 
his  life  near  Fort  Laramie,  Wyoming. 

1850  Milton  Township  organized.  It  is  the  center  of  the  county  with  a 
population  of  10,000. 

The  first  township  meeting  was  held  at  the  home  of  Jesse  C.  Wheaton 
when  the  township  organization  law  was  adopted  and  the  following  first 
board  of  supervisors  for  the  county  of  DuPage  elected:  supervisor,  War- 
ren L.  Wheaton;  town  clerk,  Alfred  Standish;  collector,  Smith  Brookins; 
constable,  J.  G.  Vallette;  overseer  of  the  poor,  Erastus  Gary  who  was  also 
first  justice  of  the  peace. 

Or  soon  thereafter,  the  Naperville  Nursery,  one  of  the  oldest  in  the 
state,  was  established. 

Wilbur  Patrick  (family  name  Kirkpatrick)  settled  east  of  Glen  Ellyn 
and  planted  the  lovely  trees  lining  Swift  Road. 

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1851  St.  James  (Catholic  church)  at  Sag;  building  begun  under  Father 
McDonnell's  pastorate;  finished  August  15,  1862,  under  Father  Hurley's. 

Dutch  mill,  built  by  H.  F.  Fischer,  later  run  by  the  Ehlers  family  of 
Bloomingdale,  and  now  in  Mount  Emblem  Cemetery,  preserved  for  pos- 
terity. It  is  floodlighted  at  night  and  makes  a  beautiful  picture  at  the 
corner  of  Grand  Avenue  and  Mt.  Prospect  Road.  Its  use  was  discon- 
tinued for  some  years,  but  during  the  war,  it  was  again  employed  to 
grind  the  grain  and  its  sails  swept  the  sky  as  efficiently  as  ever. 

It  is  typical  of  the  several  mills  used  in  the  county  for  grinding  grain 
for  flour  and  feed. 


Dutch  Windmill  in  Mount  Emblem  Cemetery 

fORK  CENTER,  in  the  valley  west  of  Elmhurst,  was  the  home  of  the 
old  Dutch  Windmill,  built  by  Fritz  Beckhaus,  which  ground  the 
grain  for  the  farmer  settlers  round  about  for  many  years.  It  was  a 
red  mill  once,  made  all  of  wood,  fastened  together  with  wooden  bolts 
brought  from  Holland;  there  were  two  millstones,  one  fixed,  known  as 
the  "bedder"  and  one  revolving,  known  as  the  "runner"  which  were 
brought  from  France.  Each  stone  weighed  3,000  pounds.  Up  in  the  top 
is  a  maze  of  wheels. 

"A  large  grooved  wooden  wheel,  vertical  in  position  revolves  upon  a 
wooden  pole  attached  to  the  sails  on  the  outside.  This  wheel  is  twelve 
feet  in  diameter  and  transmits  its  power  to  a  smaller  one  placed  hori- 
zontally. This  revolves  with  greater  speed  and  connects  with  a  third 
wheel,  eight  feet  in  diameter.  It  is  this  which  drives  the  mill  stones  and 
furnishes  power  for  the  "silk  bowl"  (where  the  flour,  middling  and  bran 
are  separated)  and  the  hopper  elevators.  The  four  arms  which  constitute 
the  wheel  without  are  forty  feet  long.  Each  quarter  carries  115  feet  of 
sail.  When  business  is  active  and  the  wind  is  strong,  sails  are  spread 
on  all  four  arms  and  two  sets  of  millstones  with  which  the  mill  is 
equipped,  are  set  to  work.  On  an  average  400  bushels  of  corn,  wheat, 
bran,  rye  are  ground  at  the  "Old  Holland  Mill"  daily.  The  mill  has  an 
annual  capacity  of  240,000  bushels,  but  lack  of  wind  or  grain  brings  the 
average  down  to  60,000  bushels."     Essay. 

Fritz  the  third,  who  owned  the  mill  for  twelve  years  was  celebrated 
because  in  all  that  time  he  had  not  smiled  once.  Miller  Lunge,  a 
Hollander,  was  the  last  miller,  as  just  before  the  World  War,  Col.  Fabian 
purchased  the  mill,  which  was  an  exact  replica  of  those  still  in  use  in 
Holland,  and  moved  it  to  his  estate,  "Riverbank"  on  the  Fox  River  at  Ba- 
tavia.  It  was  used  to  grind  wheat  during  the  war  for  Col.  Fabian's  pri- 
vate use. 


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53 


1851  York  Center,  in  the  days  of  the  mill,  was  a  bit  of  Holland  set  down  in 
our  country.  Wooden  shoes  were  worn  and  only  Dutch  was  spoken.  The 
writer  used  to  see  the  quaint  Dutch  women,  knitting-  in  hand,  herding  the 
cattle  and  geese  along  the  grassy  roadside.  It  was  a  fascinating  place 
to  go  sketching.  The  old  church  at  the  cross  roads  still  stands,  sur- 
rounded by  a  graveyard.  There  was  a  parsonage,  a  vine-wreathed  white 
house  set  back  from  the  roadway,  and  a  general  store,  to*  aid  the  church 
in  making  the  group  worthy  of  the  name  of  Center.  There  was  no  post 
office  and  it's  yet  far  from  a  railroad,  being  three  miles  south  of  Lombard. 

Benjamin  Curtis,  son  of  Peter,  the  pioneer,  was  killed  by  an  explosion, 
while  in  charge  of  the  stationary  engine  at  Turner  Junction  (West 
Chicago)  which  furnished  the  power  to  saw  the  wood  being  used  then  for 
fuel  by  the  young  railroad. 

Village  named  Danby  by  David  Kelley,  first  station  agent  and  post- 
master, after  his  birthplace,  Danby,  Vermont. 

Squire  Horace  Brooks,  justice  of  the  peace,  county  surveyor  and 
assessor,  planted  the  fine  old  elms  on  south  Main  street,  not  a  street 
then,  merely  a  lane  on  his  property  which  he  valued  at  $1.50  an  acre. 


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Elms  in  front  of  C.  E.  Clare's  residence 


William  H.  Wagner  came  from  Hamburg,  Pennsylvania,  and  started  a 
blacksmith  shop. 

Jonathan  Weidman  came  from  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  his  brother 
John  following  in  1853. 

Fullersburg  (now  absorbed  by  Hinsdale)  fourth  village,  on  Ogden 
Avenue,  on  the  old  Plank  Road  (now  Ogden)  platted  February  20th. 
Mark  Beaubien  frequently  visited  at  the  tavern,  Castle  Inn — still  stand- 
ing— where  Loie  Fuller,  the  famous  dancer,  was  born. 

The  Naperville  Academy  incorporated,  Rev.  Hope  Brown  one  of  the 
founders. 


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1851  Walter  Sabin,  from  New  York,  came  and  taught  school  here  for  many 
years.  "During  his  administration  our  school  ranked  as  one  of  the  best 
in  the  county.  'The  Danby  School'  and  'Sabin's  school'  were  synonomous 
terms.  Small  of  stature,  awkward  and  ungainly  in 
appearance,  handicapped  by  the  loss  of  an  eye,  not 
having  had  the  advantage  derived  from  collegiate  or 
higher  school  training;  nevertheless  by  his  splendid 
tact,  devotion  to  his  calling  and  constant  enrichment  of 
his  mind,  he  was  enabled  to  win  and  hold  till  the  end, 
until  old  age  caused  his  retirement,  the  respect  and 
2steem  of  the  whole  community. 

"The  Danby  school  never  met  defeat  in  a  spelling 
match.  In  mental  arithmetic,  no  school  would  contest 
with  it.  Its  grammar  or  parsing  classes  held  on  fixed 
evenings  during  fall  and  winter  were  well  attended, 
not  only  by  the  pupils  but  by  others  who  were  inter- 
ested in  such  work.  At  these  evening  sessions  such 
works  as  'Thanatopsis,'  Pope's  'Essay  on  Man,'  Pol- 
lock's 'Course  of  Time'  were  analyzed  and  parsed." — 
!|  L.  C.  Cooper's  Reminiscences. 


Walter  Sabin 


Thomas  B.  Bryan  named  Elmhurst  (formerly  Cot- 
tage Hill.  Co.  H.  105th  Infantry  of  the  Civil  War  was 
called  "The  Bryan  Blues"  in  honor  of  Mr.  Bryan.  He  was  vice-president 
of  the  Chicago  World's  Fair.  He  was  the  founder  of  Graceland  Cemetery, 
and  of  the  Fidelity  Safe  Deposit  Company,  in  which  millions  were  saved 
from  the  Chicago  fire.  He  built  Bryan  Hall,  which  was  the  city's 
principal  place  for  holding  concerts.  He  purchased  the  original  copy  of 
the  Emancipation  Proclamation  for  $3,000,  and  gave  it  to  the  Chicago 
Historical  Society,  but  it  was  destroyed  in  the  great  fire. 
1852  When  Mr.  Bryan  purchased  his  summer  home  in  Elmhurst,  the  prairie 
was  the  haunt  of  prairie  chickens  and  other  wild  game.  It  was  entirely 
devoid  of  trees,  except  for  a  few  cottonwoods,  and  was  shrubless, 
except  for  a  few  wild  rose  bushes.  He  purchased  his  summer  lodge  and 
spent   six   happy   years   there. 

Thousands  of  deciduous  trees  and  evergreens,  including  specimens  of 
each  variety  were  transplanted  by  Mr.  Bryan  to  his  new  estate.  He 
called  it  "Byrd's  Nest,"  Byrd  being  the  Christian  name  of  his  wife.  The 
name  became  especially  appropriate  in  later  years  as  the  trees  grew  large 
and  dense  and  were  filled  with  myriads  of  birds.  During  the  early  years 
of  my  residence  in  Glen  Ellyn,  a  flock  of  wild  cranes  often  came  to  Lake 
Ellyn.  We  were  told  they  had  flown  from  Elmhurst,  where  the  original 
pair  had  nested  on  Mr.  Bryan's  estate.  He  took  the  utmost  pains  to  pro- 
tect them,  instructing  the  small  boys  of  the  village  not  to  rob  their  nests 
or  kill  the  birds.  They  became  quite  a  large  flock  and  were  very  pictur- 
esque sailing  over  our  lake. 

Among  Mr.  Bryan's  distinguished  visitors,  was  George  P.  A.  Healy, 
the  artist,  who  had  recently  returned  from  France. 

Many  of  Mr.  Healy's  portraits  of  distinguished  Americans  hang  in  the 
Newberry  Library. 

David  Kelley  built  the  Mansion  House,  the  first  tavern  in  Danby,  stand- 
ing on  the  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Crescent,  on  the  site  of  the  new 
Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank,  directly  across  the  street  from  the  old  Galena 
and  Chicago  Union  Depot,   built  by  Dr.   Newton. 

It  was  a  frame  building  with  green  blinds  and  a  colonial  doorway 
which  opened  into  a  large  central  hallway.  The  bar  of  the  tavern  was 
on  the  southwest  corner.  A  large  parlor  was  just  back  of  it,  while  across 
the  hall  from  this  room  was  the  kitchen.  The  dining  room  in  front  of  it. 
faced  Crescent  Boulevard,  and  was  directly  across  the  hall  from  the  bar. 


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1852  The  second  floor  was  given  over  to  bedrooms  and  a  long  hall.     On  the 
third  floor  was  the  ballroom,  complete  and  up-to-date  for  the  period. 

The  balls  there  were  high-toned  affairs.     Imagine  the  guests  arriving 
in  carryalls  and  chaises  and  by  coach  from  Naperville,  Wheaton,  War- 


Mansion  House 

Among  ladies  on  upper  veranda  is  Mrs.  E.  C.  Rickert  (Ella  Weidman) 


renville  and  Bloomingdale;  the  ladies  attired  in  hoop  skirts  and  bright- 
colored  taffeta  gowns,  flounced  and  ruffled;  the  men  in  tight  fitting 
breeches,  swallow-tail  coats,  embroidered  vests  and  chokers.  Up  start 
the  fiddlers;  soon  all  are  tripping  it;  Money  Musk,  Sir  Roger  de  Coverly, 
Virginia  Reel,  jiggs  and  marches.  Snuff  boxes  are  brought  out  in  pauses 
of  the  dance  and  gracefully  used.  Quite  a  substantial  supper  is  served 
late  in  the  evening,  with  wine  flowing  in  abundance. 

The  first  veranda  of  the  Mansion  House  served  as  a  storehouse  for 
the  hogsheads  of  beer  which  were  rolled  across  the  street  from  the  depot, 
for  now  "hard  drinks"  were  kept  and  sold  from  the  public  houses,  instead 
of  from  the  grocery  stores,  where  they  had  been  sold  over  the  counter 
in  jugs  like  molasses. 

The  town  pump  stood  on  the  west  end  of  the  veranda.  Here  all  the 
farmers  stopped  to  water  their  horses,  stroll  into  the  tavern  after  mail, 
and  incidentally  get  a  drink  of  beer  to  wash  the  dust  of  the  road  from 
their  throats.  It  took  a  lot  of  beer  to  accomplish  this  sometimes.  The 
town  pump  was  kept  in  prime  condition,  well-oiled  and  running  smooth. 
Many  the  head  that  was  held  under  the  spout  while  a  friendly  hand 
pumped  the  cool  water  over  it  "to  sober  up."  The  pump  was  a  great 
convenience  and  a  source  of  civic  pride. 

At  any  time  of  day  could  be  seen  a  row  of  men  seated  on  the  first 
veranda,  their  chairs  tilted  back  arid  their  feet  on  the  railing,  smoking 
and  chewing  tobacco.  They  occupied  reserved  seats  as  it  were  for  the 
prime  event  of  the  day,  "the  hull  show"  of  seeing  the  cars  come  in. 
There  was  a  never-ceasing  curiosity  to  view  the  stranger  that  "lighted" 
and  comment  on  his  appearance  and  business.  They  brought  the  news  of 
the  day  and  supplied  the  want  of  a  daily  newspaper. 


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1852  Milo  Meacham  built  the  Danby  House,  the  tavern  on  the  site  of  the 
Newton-Baethke  building,  southwest  corner  of  Main  and  Crescent,  a 
three  story  frame  building. 


Barnard  House 


The  Barnard  farmhouse  built  on  Crescent  (burned  March  7,  1928).  It 
was  built  by  Thomas  Filer,  an  ardent  abolitionist.  It  was  constructed 
of  lengths  of  cordwood,  as  the  fire  revealed,  set  in  a  kind  of  concrete 
and  then  plastered  over  on  the  outside.  The  roof  and  some  of  the  walls 
had  been  insulated  by  being  packed  inside  with  sawdust  and  grass.  Mr. 
Filer  ran  a  station  on  the  Underground  railway,  his  barn  being  right  on 
the  highway,  where  he  concealed  the  slaves.  In  a  cubby  hole  under  the 
stairway  of  the  house  was  the  entrance  to  a  tunnel  which  led  to  the  barn. 
The  Barnard  family  acquired  the  place  fifty-six  years  ago. 

It  has  been  repaired  and  is  again  occupied  as  a  home. 

First  minister  in  Danby,  the  Rev.  James  McChesney,  grandfather  of 
Charles  McChesney,  who  held  services  in  the  hall  of  the  Danby  House. 

J.  C.  Hartzell,  teacher  in  Danby's  school,  afterward  Bishop  in  charge 
of  M.  E.  missions  in  Africa. 

1853  Duane  Street  School  built.     There  has  been  a  school  on  this  site  ever 
since  this  earliest  building. 

Wheaton  and  Fredricksburg   (Winfield)   platted. 

Illinois  Institute  (Wheaton  College)  founded,  first  president  Prof. 
Lucius  Matlack.  It  was  one  of  the  underground  railway  stations  for 
runaway  slaves,  as  well  as  the  old  Barnard  or  Filer  home.  Also  Israel 
P.  Blodgett's  home  in  Downers  Grove.  Mr.  Blodgett  would  often  conceal 
as  many  as  eleven  slaves  in  his  attic,  feed  and  clothe  them  and  send 
them  on  to  the  next  station,  the  Illinois  Institute.  Here  they  were  again 
hidden  in  an  attic  by  President  Matlack,  till  it  was  safe  to  send  them 
on,  perhaps  to  the  Filer  house  on  Crescent,  where  they  were  hidden  in  the 
barn.  From  there  the  slaves  were  taken  to  Chicago,  one  of  the  stations 
being  the  old  Tremont  House,  and  from  there  to  Canada  and  safety.  The 
slaves  were  transported  in  farm  wagons  loaded  with  produce  under  which 
they  were  concealed.  All  those  local  links  with  the  past  give  a  reality 
to  the  thrills  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  used  to  send  quivering  through  one's 
system. 


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1853  Mark  Davis,  an  o".  \  bachelor  from  New  York  State,  lived  with  his  sister 
Mary  Ann  on  a  fan. .  two  miles  south  of  the  village.  He  was  postmaster 
at  Danby  during  Prtsident  Pierce's  administration. 

The  old  house  on  the  north  side  of  Butterfield  road,  east  of  Park 
Boulevard,  now  empty,  was  the  Davis  home,  and  here  the  young  folks 
from  the  village  loved  to  gather,  going  there  in  sleigh  loads  in  the  winter 
time,  and  sometimes  being  snowbound  over  night,  while  Mark  fiddled  for 
their  dancing,  and  his  sister,  Mary  Ann.  set  forth  good  food  for  their 
cheer.  After  the  death  of  the  two,  the  house  was  occupied  by  their 
niece,  Mrs.  Brundage.  She  later  sold  the  place  and  it  now  lies  waiting 
the    subdivider's   attention. 

1854  Danby  Lodge  No.  187,  I.  O.  O.  F.  organized  October  12  with  Isaac  D. 
Kelley,  W.  F.  Saylor,  Dr.  H.  S.  Potter  and  E.  Ballou  as  members.  This 
is  the  oldest  organization  in  the  village  but  it  has  not  been  continuous,  for 
as  years  went  on,  the  older  members  died  or  moved  away,  and  it  lapsed. 
During  the  Civil  War,  H.  and  Matt  H.  Wagner,  Alonza  N.  Holmes,  Elisha 
Ballou,  Mr.  Pickard  and  Walter  Sabin  were  members. 

Henry  Benjamin,  first  school  teacher  in  the  Duane  School,  built  the 
house  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Main  and  Duane.  Mrs.  Capron  lived 
there  many  years,  when  Nathan  Randall  bought  it.  His  daughter,  Mrs. 
Jauch  lived  there  twenty-four  years,  when  it  was  sold  and  is  now  the 
site  of  the  Baxter  drug  store.  It  was  moved  kitty-corner  from  the  Glen 
Ellyn  Storage  Company  on  Duane,  by  R.  A.  Willcox  who  rents  it  to 
tenants. 

Dutch  windmill  built  on  Pennsylvania  Ave.,  a  little  north  of  present 
telephone  building. 

It  was  really  north  of  Pennsylvania,  which  was  then  just  a  narrow 
road,  so  named  by  the  Wagner  brothers  after  their  native  state.  There 
was  no  Anthony  Street — it  was  all  just  prairie — and  the  mill  stood  about 
where  Henry  Bassett  and  Valentine  Sikler  have  their  gardens.  It  was 
a  grist  mill,  well  patronized,  but  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  No  one  living 
here  now  ever  saw  it;  few  remember  of  it.  Frank  M.  Wagner  had  heard 
enough  about  it  to  supply  this  information. 


Warrenville  Church 


Methodist  Episcopal  church  built 
by  the  Garys  in  Warrenville  on  the 
first  street  east  of  the  river,  north 
of  the  bridge  on  the  paved  road, 
where  Elbert  H.  Gary  once  went  to 
school.  Now  the  studio  of  the  artists, 
Emory  Albright  and  Sons,  Ivan,  the 
painter,  and  Marr,  the  sculptor.  A 
visit  to  this  studio  is  a  delightful  ex- 
perience, combining  history  and  mod- 
ern art. 

DuPage  County  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  Society  formed. 

Two  lightning  rod  factories  at 
Wheaton. 

Mrs.  William  H.  Wagner,  Frank 
Wagner's  mother,  used  the  first  oil 
lamp  in  Danby  in  the  house  still 
standing,  No.  470  Pennsylvania  Ave. 

Cottage  Hill  (Elmhurst)  platted. 


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1854  Land  in  Hinsdale  sold  for  $5.25  an  acre. 

Mrs.  Joseph  Norris  of  West  Chicago,  eighty-three  years  old,  has  lived 
in  vicinity  of  village  since  1854.  She  remembers  both  Lincoln  and  Doug- 
las and  their  debate  there  in  1858. 

1855  Danby  platted  and  recorded. 

Turner  Junction  platted  and  recorded  (now  West  Chicago.) 

Excitement  over  slavery  question.  Danby  folks  went  to  see  "Uncle 
Tom's  Cabin"  and  wept  over  its  sorrows. 

The  last  wolf  hunt.     A  thousand  men  in  the  roundup. 

The  Evangelical  church  of  Itasca  had  its  beginning.  Charter  members 
of  the  church  and  pioneers  of  the  community  were  the  families  of  Lud- 
wig  Biermann,  Henry  Gathman,  Sr.,  Henry  Gathman,  Jr.,  Henry  Twacht- 
man,  Gottlief  Biesterfelt,  Christian  Pfleuger  and  Mrs.  Henry  Schuette. 

Charter  granted  by  legislature  for  Illinois  Institute  (Wheaton  College) 
which  began  with  forty  acres  of  land  and  $3,000  cash  in  donations.  In 
its  first  year  it  registered  140  students,  in  its  second,  270. 

Its  faculty  for  1856  was  as  follows:  Rev.  Lucius  Matlack,  president; 
G.  H.  Collier,  A.  B.,  Prof.  Mathematics  and  Natural  Philosophy;  O.  F. 
Lumry,  A.  B.,  Prof.  Greek  and  Latin;  Miss  M.  A.  Newcomb,  A.  B.,  Prin- 
cipal Female  Department;  Mrs.  Minerva  Hoes,  M.  D.,  Anatomy,  Physi- 
ology and  Botany;  Sebastian  Pfrangle,  German  and  Music  and  L.  A. 
Jones,  Assistant  Teacher.     It  was  founded  by  Wesleyan  Methodists. 

1856  North  Western  tracks  changed  from  Crescent  Boulevard  (then  Delevan), 
to  present  location. 

Albert  Janes  built  with  his  own  hands  the  little  white  house  at  the 
corner  of  Main  and  Pennsylvania,  where  the  Buchholz  building  stands. 


Capt.  Janes'  Home — Used  as  postoflice  during  Civil  War 


The  DuPage  County  Gazette  issued  at  Wheaton  for  several  months. 

Chicago  and  Naperville  competed  with  each  other,  each  advertising 
goods  from  New  York  and  both  sought  trade  of  farmers.  The  Plank 
Road  scene  of  continuous  travel. 

West  Chicago  officially  begun,  named  Turner  Junction  in  honor  of 
John  Turner,  one  of  the  early  presidents  of  the  North  Western.     It  was 


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1856  merely  a  junction  where  the  Aurora  branch  of  the  Burlington  came  to 
meet  the  Galena  and  Chicago  Union  Railway.  Construction  was  begun 
this  year  on  the  Chicago,  Iowa  and  Nebraska  R.  R.  which  with  the 
Galena  Road  became  the  nucleus  for  the  present  great  North  Western. 

A  famous  resident  near  West  Chicago  was  Ashael  A.  Gates,  father  of 
John  W.  (Bet-a-million)  Gates  who  was  born  on  the  farm  and  started  his 
first  business  venture  as  a  grain  and  hardware  dealer  in  a  little  building 
still  standing  on  Depot  Street. 

Daniel  Dunham,  of  Wayne,  erected  a  barn  fifty  by  one  hundred  feet, 
with  room  for  100  horses  and  300  tons  of  hay.  It  cost  $4,000  and  is 
probably  the  largest  and  best  arranged  barn  in  Northern  Illinois  (Dun- 
ham's Woods). 

In  Downers  Grove  (and  probably  in  most  of  the  other  places  since 
there  is  much  sameness  about  salaries)  says  the  little  DuPage  County 
History:  "The  highest  compensation  paid  to  teachers  is  $25  per  month. 
The  average  number  of  months  in  the  year  in  which  school  is  taught  is 
eight.  The  average  monthly  compensation  of  female  teachers  has  been 
about  $14." 

Danby,  with  a  population  between  three  and  four  hundred,  had  one 
hotel,  two  drug  stores,  three  dry  goods  stores,  one  cabinet  shop,  one  grist 
mill,  one  tin  and  hardware  store,  one  blacksmith  shop,  and  one  lumber 
yard,  with  Dr.  L.  Q.  Newton,  Dr.  H.  S.  Potter  and  Dr.  Saxe  as  its  phy- 
sicians. 

1857  The  Danby  house  was  the  scene  of  political  debates  and  debates  on 
slavery,  feelings  running  high,  and  controversy  often  growing  bitter. 

Wheaton  and  Naperville  were  rivals  for  the  county  seat. 

The  Methodist  Episcopal  church  organized  at  Wheaton  as  a  circuit, 
later  becoming  the  Gary  Memorial  Church,  the  building  given  by  Judge 
Elbert  H.  Gary  as  a  memorial  to  his  father  and  mother. 

1858  Lincoln-Douglas  debate  at  Turner  Junction  (West  Chicago)  July  28th. 

Lincoln  stayed  at  the  Danby  House  in  October,  and  made  a  speech 
there.  The  Danby  House  stood  on  the  site  of  the  Newton-Baethke 
building  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Main  and  Crescent.  Mrs.  Matilda 
Locke  and  Albert  Kelley  both  vouch  for  this  statement.  Mrs.  Locke's 
father,  Alonzo  Ackerman,  heard  Lincoln  make  his  speech. 

1859  Danby  amusements  consisted  of  spelling  bees  and  debates  in  the  school, 
sleigh  rides  or  hayrack  rides  with  a  dance  at  some  farm  at  the  end,  ice 
cream  sociables,  concerts,  etc.,  in  the  church. 

Tombstone  to  James  E.  Burr,  died  April  26,  1859,  erected  on  Wheaton 
College  Campus,  at  wish  of  Mr.  Burr  who  had  given  money  to  school  and 
wanted  to  be  buried  on  its  grounds. 

THE  SETTLING  SIXTIES 

1860  Albert  Janes  appointed  postmaster,  filling  the  office  till  he  enlisted  in  the 
Civil  War.  Then  his  wife  was  sworn  in  and  served  during  his  absence, 
keeping  the  office  in  the  little  white  house  on  the  corner  of  Main  and 
Pennsylvania. 

Illinois  Institute  changed  hands  going  into  the  control  of  "Orthodox 
Congregationalisms"  with  the  co-operation  of  its  founders  appearing  as 
Wheaton  College  with  this  objective  by  its  trustees:  "The  intention  of 
the  trustees  is,  that  the  instruction  and  influence  of  the  institution  shall 
bear  decidedly  against  all  forms  of  error  and  sin.  The  testimony  of  God's 


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1860  word  against  slave-holding,  secret  societies  and  their  spurious  worships, 
human  inventions  in  church  government,  war,  and  whatever  else  shall 
clearly  appear  to  contravene  the  kingdom  and  coming  of  our  Lord, 
Jesus  Christ,  is  to  be  kept  good.  Done  at  Wheaton,  January  9,  1860, 
signed  by  A.  H.  Hiatt,  chairman,  and  W.  L.  Wheaton,  secretary." 

John  Hatch,  who  in  the  early  Sixties  and  probably  before  that,  drove  a 
stage  which  carried  mail  and  the  infrequent  passengers  between  Danby 
and  Bloomingdale.  "As  a  child  I  remember  him  as  a  thin,  wiry,  little 
man,  busy  and  bustling.  The  stage  had  evidently  been  painted  bright 
red  at  some  time  or  other,  but  as  I  recall  it,  it  was  a  dim,  dusty  affair, 
with  a  creaking  noise  and  swaying  motion  as  it  toiled  along  toward 
Bloomingdale.  I  never  seem  to  remember  it  as  coming  down  the  hill,  but 
always  going  up.  John  Hatch  was  a  quaint,  slow-spoken  Yankee.  He 
made  the  trip  once  a  day,  rain  or  shine.  He  was  a  pioneer  rural  free  de- 
livery letter  carrier,  though  he  was  not  so  called,  but  he  did  kindly 
deliver  letters  to  the  farmers  on  his  route  from  Danby  to  Bloomingdale 
and  his  coming  was  always  looked  for  eagerly.  The  old  stage  route  was 
discontinued  when  the  'Hough,'  railroad  was  built  and  Roselle  was  laid 
out." — Mrs.  Mattie  Coe's  Reminiscences. 

Some  village  characteristics  during  the  decade  of  the  Sixties  as  re- 
called by  Mattie  Janes  Coe:  "Jack  Hayden  was  a  half  brother  of  Miles 
Allen,  but  he  lived  by  himself  and  kept  a  little  candy  shop  to  which  many 
pennies  of  the  children  found  their  way.  He  was  a  cripple,  one  leg  being 
much  shorter  than  the  other,  so  that  he  always  swung  along  on  a  crutch. 
His  little  store  faced  the  street  parallel  to  the  railroad  and  half  a  block 
east  of  the  Mansion  House.  Later  he  added  a  pool  table  and  the 
children's  patronage  grew  less  but  their  affection  for  him  and  his 
stories  never  waned. 

"Another  village  character  was  Charles  Hardy,  who  was  blind  but  had 
no  trouble  recognizing  his  friends  and  who  found  his  way  about  with 
no  trouble.  He  used  to  make  it  a  point  once  in  so  often  and  especially 
on  rainy  days  to  "make  a  few  remarks"  at  the  close  of  the  school  session 
Everyone  mourned  when  he  was  killed  by  the  cars  in  the  Eighties. 

"The  principal  store  in  the  Sixties  was  kept  by  Charles  Du  Brock,  his 
family  living  in  rooms  above  the  store,  the  first  family  in  town  to  live 
in  a  fiat.  It  was  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Main  and  Pennsylvania, 
across  from  my  father's  house  and  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1865.  The 
first  fire  Danby  ever  had. 

"Dr.  L.  Q.  Newton  (great  grandfather  of  Frank  Q.  Newton  and  Mrs. 
Walter  Laing)  lived  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Main  and  Pennsylvania 
and  Miles  Allen  built  a  home  in  1867  on  the  northeast  corner. 

"I  cannot  remember  when  the  Wagner  brothers  did  not  have  their  two 
shops  side  by  side  on  the  north  side  of  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  a  block  west 
of  Main  Street,  William  Wagner  having  a  blacksmith  shop,  and  Mathew 
Wagner  a  wagon  shop. 

"John  Weidman  came  to  Danby  from  Reading,  Pennsylvania,  in  1853. 
His  wife's  maiden  name  was  Mary  Margaret  Irwin.  A  brother,  Jonathan, 
had  preceded  him  in  1851.  We  used  to  love  to  see  Mr.  Weidman  making 
his  brooms.  He  was  town  assessor  for  many  years.  He  bought  his  broom 
corn  from  the  farmers  around  the  village." 

1861  Lincoln  called  for  troops.  All  of  Danby's  able-bodied  men  answered  the 
call.  The  Danby  Home  Guards  organized  with  three  members,  all  too  old 
for  service,  David  Kelley,  Mr.  Gates,  village  shoemaker,  and  Charles 
Cooper,  grandfather  of  Wilbur  and  Hermon  Cooper.  Mr.  Fleming  founded 
the  Relief  Corps  in  his  house  on  Forest  Avenue,  near  Pennsylvania, 
where  his  widow  now  lives. 

There  was  no  organized  Red  Cross  but  Grandma  Brooks  gathered  the 
women  of  the  village  together  and  founded  a  society  called  the  Soldiers' 


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61 


1861  Aid.  They  knit  wool  socks  and  mittens,  sewed  and  scraped  lint,  made 
bandages  from  old  linen  rags,  fried  bushels  of  doughnuts,  and  sliced 
raw  potatoes  till  their  hands  were  blistered;  these  were  packed  into 
barrels  with  layers  of  salt  in  between  them  to  keep  them  from  spoiling 
and  were  sent  to  the  camps  for  the  soldiers. 

Soldiers'  Aid  Societies  were  formed  in  every  town  in  the  county. 

Another  society  ,the  United  Christian  Commission,  did  Red  Cross  ser- 
vice. Joseph  R.  McChesney  was  in  charge  of  the  Danby  work.  The 
Eagle  Brand,  the  first  condensed  milk  made  by  Gail  Borden  of  St.  Charles, 
was  sent  to  the  various  hospitals  through  this  society. 

Northwestern  College  established  at  Plainfield  by  the  Illinois,  Iowa, 
Wisconsin  and  Indiana  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Association.  In 
1870  moved  to  Naperville.  It  was  co-educational.  Rev.  A.  A.  Smith, 
president,  was  "professor  of  mental  and  moral  science."  Now  known  as 
North  Central  College. 

Ogden  and  John  Whitlock  were  editors  of  the  "Illinoian"  at  Wheaton 
during  the   Civil  War. 

Mammoth  or  Bob  Reed  Spring,  burst  through  the  ground  at  Elm- 
hurst,  with  a  loud  report.  It  was  on  the  highway  between  the  land  owned 
by  G.  H.  Talmadge  and  Robert  Reed. 

1862  Grocery  started  by  Joseph  R.  McChesney,  son  of  Rev.  James  McChesney, 
circuit  rider  preacher,  who  lived  to  be  ninety-six  years  old.  J.  R.  McChes- 
ney was  second  lieutenant  in  Civil  War  and  first  president  of  village 
board  of  Prospect  Park.  Joseph  D.,  and  Edgar,  his  sons,  went  into  part- 
nership with  their  father  in  the  grocery  business  in  April,  1878.  January 
1st,  1905,  Charles  McChesney,  grandson  of  the  founder,  took  over  the 
business.  The  firm  became  McChesney  &  Miller  in  1920  with  the  advent 
of  Oscar  Miller  as  partner. 

1,500  men  from  DuPage  County  in  the  Civil  War. 


Danby  School — on  present  Duane  Street  site 


62  TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1862  The  wooden  school  house  on  Duane  Street  built.  There  was  a  vestibule 
in  the  center  of  the  building  which  led  into  the  main  room.  From  the 
vestibule  a  stairway  led  to  the  belfry  which  was  just  above  the  teacher's 
desk.  One  of  the  favorite  pastimes  of  the  boys  was  to  get  up  in  the 
belfry  and  throw  things  down  on  the  teacher.  Punishment  came  from  the 
long  black  ruler,  but  they  were  used  to  it.  Here  Walter  Sabin  taught 
for  many  years. 

The  school  was  in  use  for  nearly  thirty  years;  was  then  moved  to 
Crescent  where  it  housed  the  gas  office  for  many  years;  and  now  reno- 
vated and  repainted,  is  occupied  by  the  Johansen  Real  Estate  Company. 

A  few  members  of  the  Congregational  society  living  in  Danby  or- 
ganized and  bought  the  old  Baptist  church  (originally  Methodist)  at 
Stacy's  Corners  where  it  had  stood  for  twenty-three  years  since  its 
erection  in  1839,  and  moved  it  down  to  Danby.  It  took  three  weeks  to 
make  its  journey  down  the  hill  and  change  its  creed  from  Baptist  to 
Congregationalist. 

Deacon  Yalding,  slight  and  small,  feared  the  church  was  traveling  too 
rapidly  down  hill,  so  he  ran  in  front  of  it  and  tried  to  push  it  back. 
The  hill  was  much  steeper  in  those  days,  and  the  valley  at  the  foot, 
with  the  little  rill  murmuring  across,  was  much  lower  than  now.  The 
poor  deacon  never  heard  the  last  of  this  little  episode  of  the  church 
running  down  hill,  for  the  townsfolk  always  teased  him  about  it.  It 
lightened  up  the  gloom  of  war  days  a  bit  and  brought  a  smile  to  sad 
faces  whenever  it  was  mentioned. 

The  church  found  a  safe  resting  place  on  the  east  side  of  Main  street 
on  the  lot  just  north  of  the  present  McChesney  store.  A  steeple  was 
added  to  it,  the  box  pews  removed,  and  modern  seats  installed. 

They  had  no  organ  so  each  Sunday,  Deacon  Yalding  carried  a  small 
one  on  his  back  from  his  home,  which  his  daughter,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Cooper, 
played  for  the  service.  A  tuning  fork  was  also  used,  both  relics  being 
now  in  the  possession  of  the  Cooper  family. 

The  church  was  used  for  thirty-five  years,  and  for  a  long  time  was  the 
only  church  in  Danby.  It  was  finally  moved  over  on  Crescent  where  it 
still  stands,  for  a  time  used  as  a  hall,  where  the  Episcopalians  held  their 
first  meetings,  also  as  the  home  of  Dr.  James  Saunders,  and  of  late 
years  as  a  boarding  house  for  workmen.  It  stands  on  a  high  foundation, 
back  from  the  street,  next  to  the  Saunders  Plumbing  Shop. 

The  Congregational  church  was  organized  April  15th,  by  an  ecclesi- 
astical council,  Rev.  Joseph  Haven,  D.  D.,  president  of  the  Congregational 
Seminary,  was  the  moderator;  Rev.  E.  N.  Lewis,  the  first  pastor.  Charter 
members  were  J.  P.  Yalding  and  wife,  H.  B.  Gifford  and  wife,  A.  Standish 
and  wife,  Stephan  Van  Tassel  and  wife,  Mrs.  Rhoda  Ruddock,  Mrs.  Caro- 
line Brooks   and  daughter,   Emily. 

The  Yalding  home  was  the  little  cream  house  at  594  Hillside,  now 
occupied  by  the  Charles  F.  Wilkins,  which  then  stood  at  the  corner  of 
Park  and  Duane,  where  the  village's  first  apartment  now  takes  its  place. 

1863  During  the  war,  L.  C.  Cooper,  then  a  young  attorney  (father  of  Wilbur 
and  Hermon)  read  the  dispatches  as  they  were  received,  to  the  Danby 
folks  at  the  Mansion  House,  kept  by  David  Kelley. 

Captain  Marcellus  E.  Jones,  from  Danby,  fired  the  first  shot  at  Gettys- 
burg.    Charles  Slyter,  of  Danby,  was  the  first  man  killed  in  this  battle. 

The  Eagle  Brand,  the  first  condensed  milk,  was  made  by  Gail  Bor- 
den at  St.  Charles,  and  sent  to  the  various  hospitals  through  the  United 
Christian  Commission,  Joseph  R.  McChesney  (grandfather  of  Charles) 
in  charge  in  Danby. 

A.  G.  Chessman,  appointed  by  Abraham  Lincoln,  was  Itasca's  first 
postmaster. 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  63 

1863  Conrad  Kampp  started  the  Kampp  furniture  business  in  Naperville,  in 
1865  moving  to  Wheaton  where  he  ran  it  in  a  little  wooden  shack.  When 
he  started  in,  his  was  the  only  furniture  and  undertaking  establishment 
between  Elgin  and  Chicago.  His  son  John  joined  the  business  and 
handled  it  until  he  sold  it  out  to  Kriebs-Wilmes  in  1928,  though  continuing 
with  the  undertaking. 

Stephen,  oldest  son  of  pioneer  Stephen  Bronson,  was  a  colonel  of  the 
141st  Illinois  Infantry  in  the  Civil  War.  His  son,  Charles  Bronson,  was 
a  captain. 

1864  Charles  A.  Phillips,  born  in  Brandon,  Vermont,  came  to  Danby  to  live 
and  had  a  large  estate  on  Park  Boulevard,  south  of  the  tracks  where  he 
kept  a  herd  of  deer.  He  gave  the  Episcopalians  the  two  lots  on  which 
St.  Mark's  church  is  located,  though  he  was  an  unbeliever.  The  Zander 
subdivision  was  a  part  of  his  estate.  The  big  old  house  on  Park,  now 
used  by  the  Ganzhorns  as  a  factory,  was  the  Phillips  home. 

The  C.  B.  &  Q.  completed  in  the  county  of  DuPage. 

George  P.  Kimball,  first  county  superintendent  of  schools. 

1865  A  band  started  in  Danby. 

Returned  soldiers  organized  a  minstrel  troupe,  giving  entertainments 
in  the  ballroom  of  the  old  Danby  house. 

L.  C.  Cooper  viewed  the  body  of  the  martyred  president,  Abraham 
Lincoln,  in  April,  in  the  corridor  of  the  court  house  in  Chicago. 

Hinsdale  platted  and  recorded. 

John  Smith,  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  January  29,  1822,  and  brought 
to  Wayne  County,  Michigan,  when  six  years  old,  came  to  DuPage  County 
and  bought  190  acres  from  the  Callahans. 

He  had  married  his  distant  cousin,  Anna  Smith,  in  Michigan  in  1849, 
and  they  built  for  their  home  the  house  at  861  Hill  Avenue,  now  oc- 
cupied by  the  A.  F.  Mertz  family.  They  were  the  parents  of  the  late 
Mrs.  Nelson  Dodge,  the  late  Mrs.  J.  D.  McChesney  and  the  late  Joseph 
Smith.  The  west  part  of  the  Glen  Oak  grounds  belonged  to  the  old 
Smith  farm,  as  did  the  Mcintosh  sub-division. 

Joseph  R.  McChesney  first  quartermaster  of  the  E.  S.  Kelley  Post, 
G.  A.  R.  of  Danby. 

1866  The  Rustics,  first  baseball  team  playing  in  Danby.  The  game  was  in- 
troduced by  Dr.  Harcourt  and  L.  C.  Cooper  to  the  village,  and  the 
grounds  were  where  Lake  Ellyn  now  lies.  Some  of  the  players  were 
Albert  M.  Kelley,  E.  H.  McChesney  and  LeRoy  Newton. 

Dutch  windmill  built  by  Henry  Holstein  on  west  side  of  Bloomingdale 
Road  on  what  is  now  the  Chris  Meshler  farm,  recognized  by  the  little 
playhouse  near  the  roadside.  It  was  the  largest  of  all  the  mills  about, 
its  wings  spreading  eighty  feet.  I  can  recall  seeing  an  old  lady  spin- 
ning in  its  doorway.  It  was  partially  destroyed  by  a  small  tornado  in 
1899,  and  later  torn  down,  its  usefulness  having  been  impaired. 

1867  County  Court  House  moved  from  Naperville  to  Wheaton,  with  much  bit- 
ter feeling.  Naperville  objected  to  giving  up  the  records,  so  a  party  of 
men  from  Danby,  including  Amos  Churchill  and  Marcellus  Jones,  joined 
by  a  party  from  Wheaton,  went  over  to  Naperville  one  night,  entered 
the  Court  House  and  carried  away  four  books  of  records.  They  were 
attacked  by  Naperville  men,  the  books  being  dropped  in  the  street  in 
the  scuffle.  The  men  of  Naperville  picked  up  the  four  books,  took  them 
to  Chicago  for  safe-keeping  and  it  is  supposed  they  were  lost  in  the 


64  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1867  great  fire  of  '71  for  they  have  never  been  found.  To  this  day  they  are 
referred  to  as  "the  lost  records"  and  would  be  worth  thousands  of 
dollars  if  they  could  be  found. 

Court  House  erected  at  cost  of  $20,000,  a  frame  building  two  stories 
high,  with  jail  below  and  court  rooms  above. 

Dutch  windmill,  east  of  Addison  on  Mill  Road,  just  north  of  Lake 
Street,  built  by  Chris  Heidemann,  and  run  until  last  year,  by  his 
son  who  still  lives  nearby.  Its  wings  stretch  seventy-two  feet  and  it  has 
two  sets  of  millstones. 

1868  John  Sabin  lived  on  the  "top  of  the  hill"  on  Main  Street.  He  had  a 
small  shoe  shop  almost  under  the  eaves  of  the  Congregational  church, 
making  and  repairing  the  shoes  of  many  of  the  village  people. 

Across  the  street  from  the  Sabin  home,  was  the  home  of  William 
Freeto  with  his  tin  shop  next  door. 

South  Main  Street  was  cut  through  the  Brooks'  grounds  to  the  Mason 
Dodge  farm  where  it  again  stopped  for  many  years.  It  was  known  then 
as  the  "New  Road."  The  house  at  583  Hill  Avenue,  now  occupied  by  the 
J.  K.  Marshalls,  contains,  as  part  of  it,  the  original  Mason  Dodge  farm 
home.     It  was  later  added  to  and  occupied  by  the  Cross  Country  Club. 

Wheaton,  through  the  state  legislature,  triumphed  over  Naperville  as 
county  seat.  Four  acres  of  land  and  the  new  court  house  deeded  to 
DuPage  County,  June  20th. 

John  Ballard,  old  soldier  supposed  to  have  been  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  lived  in  Glen  Ellyn  many  years,  and  is  buried  in  Forest  Hill. 

Lombard  platted  and  recorded  April  23rd.  Named  in  honor  of  Josiah 
Lombard,  Chicago  capitalist.  Capt.  Janes  made  the  plats,  in  co-operation 
with  Mr.  Lombard  and  Gen.  B.  J.  Sweet,  and  each  man  chose  a  street  to 
which  he  gave  the  name  of  his  wife;  Mrs.  Lombard's,  Elizabeth,  Mrs. 
Sweet's,  Martha,  and  Mrs.  Janes',  Charlotte. 

1869  Walter  Sabin  and  Georgia  Allen  teachers  in  the  Duane  School  for  many 
years.  Miss  Allen  taught  two  generations  through  forty  years  of  ser- 
vice. 

Cottage  Hill  changed  its  name  to  Elmhurst. 

1870  July  11th,  officially  changed  name  of  Danby  to  Prospect  Park,  though 
it  was  still  called  Danby  till  1882.  It  was  said  the  villagers  agreed  we 
possessed  a  beautiful  natural  park  and  that  the  prospect  was  pleasing, 
ergo  "Prospect  Park." 

Population  of  Milton  Township,  1,177. 

1871  "The  long  summer  of  1871  with  its  terrible  heat  and  drought  culminated 
in  the  great  Chicago  fire.  .  .  The  light  from  the  burning  city  was 
so  brilliant  that  we,  twenty- two  and  a  half  miles  away,  could  see  to  read 
newspapers  all  night,  for  several  nights.  At  the  same  time  a  fire  had  in 
some  manner  started  in  a  low-lying  bit  of  ground  south  of  Danby, 
which  caused  much  anxiety  and  was  watched  night  and  day  for  weeks, 
as  it  was  feared  it  might  spread  to  the  adjoining  fields  which  were  liter- 
ally as  dry  as  tinder.  Wells  and  cisterns  were  dry  and  the  suffering 
among  stock  was  quite  a  serious  problem  for  farmers  that -year. 

"The  air  was  filled  with  the  acrid,  pungent  odor  of  the  burning  peat 
fields,  and  the  dark  smoke  clouds  hanging  over  Chicago  were,  for  weeks, 
the  only  clouds  that  floated  in  the  dazzling  glare  of  that  October 
sunshine. 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  65 

1871  "Danby  people  rallied  to  help  the  fire  sufferers.  Homes  were  opened 
to  friends  whose  own  homes  had  been  destroyed;  strangers  came  to  board 
until  their  affairs  could  be  adjusted;  collections  were  taken  at  church 
and  public  meetings.  Right  at  the  first,  requests  were  sent  out  for  food. 
I  remember  how  my  mother  made  hundreds  of  doughnuts,  in  the  in- 
tense heat,  over  a  coal  stove  and  how  she  sighed  and  said,  'Will  I  ever 
want  to  see  or  smell  another  doughnut  as  long  as  I  live!'  after  she 
sent  the  last  dozen  away. 

"Relics  of  the  great  fire  at  that  time  were  found  in  every  home,  for 
no  one  went  to  Chicago  but  who  brought  home  some  evidence  of  the 
havoc  wrought  by  the  fire.  I  know  we  had  papers  of  tacks,  minus  the 
paper,  of  course;  a  pile  of  several  china  plates;  two  tea  cups,  all 
fused  together  by  the  heat;  a  pile  of  linen  table  napkins,  charred  black 
as  coal,  but  showing  the  floral  design  woven  in  the  linen  .  .  Many  of 
these  relics  adorned  the  old  fashioned  'what  not'  cabinets  for  years." — 
Mattie  Janes  Coe. 

1872  Odd  Fellows  reorganized  and  held  their  meetings  over  Mat  Wagner's 
carpenter  shop,  just  east  of  his  home,  and  just  west  of  the  William 
Wagner  house,  440  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  (still  standing)  from  1872-1901. 

"Ten  Nights  in  a  Bar  Room,"  given  in  the  Congregational  church  on 
Main  Street.  Sunday  school  concerts  also  given,  under  the  direction  of 
Deacon  Yalding,  his  daughter,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Cooper,  playing  the  organ. 

1873  "The  John  Boyd  family  came  from  Chicago  in  the  spring.  Mr.  Boyd  and 
son,  Robert  G.,  came  in  March  to  build  a  new  house  for  L.  C.  Cooper. 
This  was  built  where  Hermon  Cooper  now  lives.  When  the  present 
Cooper  house  was  contemplated,  the  former  one  was  moved  to  Haw- 
thorne Street,  west  of  Main,  and  shortly  after  was  burned. 

"Considerable  building  being  talked  of  at  this  time.  Mr.  Boyd  de- 
cided to  remain  and  moved  the  family  in  May.  The  household  goods 
not  arriving  the  day  expected,  some  of  the  family  was  obliged  to  depend 
on  the  kindness  of  their  new  acquaintances  and  stayed  their  first  night 
in  the  country  at  the  home  of  the  Fenamore's  at  Stacy's  Corners.  This 
was  on  a  farm  at  the  northwest  corner  of  the  St.  Charles  Road  and 
Main  Street.     The  farm  is  now  sub-divided  and  the  house  gone. 

"On  the  arrival  of  the  furniture  the  next  day,  the  family  started 
settling  in  what  was  to  be  their  home  in  the  country.  This  was  the  old 
Newton  homestead  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Pennsylvania  and  Main, 
now  the  municipal  lot.  The  old  house  was  divided  in  sections  and  dis- 
posed of,  one  part  being  now  the  home  of  James  Sullivan,  416  Pennsyl- 
vania Ave.,  near  Western. 

"The  Boyd  family  remained  in  the  Newton  house  for  something  over  a 
year,  when  they  built  and  moved  into  a  place  of  their  own  on  Anthony 
Street,  where  they  remained  until  1909. 

"About  the  same  time  the  Cooper  house  was  built,  one  for  Mr.  Fena- 
more  was  erected  by  Mr.  Boyd  and  his  son  at  the  northeast  corner  of 
Main  and  Cottage.  This  still  stands  but  somewhat  changed,  occupied  by 
the  Meinardi  family. 

"The  building  boom  of  1873  did  not  materialize  but  the  Boyd  family 
remained  in  the  country  and  have  participated  in  the  growth  and  changes 
that  have  since  taken  place  in  the  village." — Anna  Boyd  Russell. 

Milwaukee  Railway  (Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul)  completed  from 
Chicago  to  Elgin.  DuPage  people  called  it  the  "Hough  Railroad"  as  it 
was  promoted  by  Col.  Roselle  Hough,  president  for  a  time.  There  was  a 
long  struggle  to  bring  the  road  through  Itasca  rather  than  Blooming- 
dale,  which  was  waged  by  Dr.  Smith  of  Itasca,  Mr.  Meacham  of 
Meacham,  Col.  Hough  of  Roselle,  and  Mr.  Bartlett  of  Bartlett.  Capt. 
Janes  surveyed  with  the  railroad's  surveyor  the  northern  part  of  the 
county  and  helped  lay  out  the  new  towns  and  subdivisions  and  additions 
that  sprang  up  along  this  route. 


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1873       David  Kelley,  landlord  of  the  Mansion  House  for  twenty-one  years, 
retired  in  the  fall  of  this  year. 


Capt.  Janes 


Capt.  Janes  elected  county  judge. 

October  10th,  Bensenville  platted  and  recorded. 

Utili  Dulci  Society  formed.  The  young  women  in  it  arranged  social 
and  gainful  affairs  for  the  village,  such  as  New  England  dinners, 
bazaars,  a  strawberry  festival  in  the  freight  room  of  the  old  railway 
station,  (thanks  to  the  kindness  of  Agent  Luther  who  set  things  out  of 
the  way  for  them)  and  other  things.  Some  of  the  original  members,  as 
listed  at  a  reunion  held  by  Miss  Carrie  Stacy  in  1905  were  Lillian  Nind 
Ballou,  Ella  Yalding  Pummill,  Josie  Leyman  Grattan,  Carrie  Hubbard 
Stetson,  Jennie  Minor  Boyd,  Carrie  Davis  Burridge,  Nettie  Churchill 
Clark,  Hattie  Churchill  Wimpress,  Rebecca  Arnold  Hoadley,  Florence 
Patrick,  Jennie  Hubbard,  Lucille  Rhoades,  Georgia  Allen,  Fannie  Allen, 
Rose  Weidman,  Vallie  Weidman,  Mattie  Smith  McChesney,  Julia  Kelley 
McChesney,  Carrie  Stacy,  Emma  Ackerman,  Mary  Ackerman  Sherman, 
Sarah  Vaughan,  Anna  Boyd  Russell,  Emma  O'Brien  Christie,  Ella  Dodge, 
May  Somerset  Smith,  Mattie  Janes  Coe. 

Four  other  charter  members  who  had  passed  away  were:  Emma  Weid- 
man Clare,  Fanny  Vaughan,  Georgia  Jellies  and  Carrie  Dodge. 

March  21,  the  village  turned  out  for  this  exciting  entertainment,  "in 
addition  to  other  attractions  at  the  Danby  School  Exhibition  at  the  Union 
Congregational  church,  the  following  new,  popular  and  sparkling  dramas 
will  be  presented:"  "Suit  for  Libel,"  with  these  characters:  Judge 
Wright,  by  Joseph  Smith;  counsel  for  prosecution,  by  James  Hogan; 
counsel  for  defense,  by  William  Dodge;  witnesses,  Mr.  Lobby,  by  William 
Emmons;  Mr.  O'Connor,  by  Ed.  Hogan;  Stult,  by  H.  Schoenfield;  Emery, 
by  Charles  Smith;  sheriff,  by  Joseph  McChesney;  clerk  of  court,  by  L.  G. 
Wagner  and  foreman  of  jury  by  Jos.  Schlick.    Another  dramatic  offering 


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1873  that  same  evening  was  "A  little  More  Cider,"  with  E.  Applejack,  done  by- 
Joseph  Smith;  Z.  Applejack,  by  David  Smith;  D.  Peachblossom,  by  Jas. 
Hogan;  I.  Peachblossom,  by  Clem  Dodge;  H.  Drinker,  by  Joseph  McChes- 
ney;  Miss  Mason,  by  Miss  Mattie  Smith  and  Miss  Polly,  by  Miss  N. 
Wagner.  The  doors  opened  at  7:00  P.  M.  and  the  admission  was  25  cents. 
(They  sold  tickets  evidently  even  in  those  days). 

"Turner  (West  Chicago)  is  one  of  the  principal  railroad  centers  of  the 
state,  the  C.  &  N.  W.  with  its  various  branches,  and  the  C.  B.  &  Q.,  run- 
ning to  Aurora,  there  connecting  with  main  line.  Forty-six  daily  trains 
pass  this  place,  and,  with  extras,  this  number  is  often  increased  to 
eighty,  averaging  from  sixty-five  to  seventy  trains  per  day." — PuPage 
County  Atlas. 

Itasca  platted.  "Dr.  Smith  has  adopted  a  liberal  policy  in  building 
up  his  town  by  giving  away  a  lot,  or  lots,  to  those  who  will  put  up  a 
respectable  building — as  the  building,  so  the  lot.  If  Itasca  does  not 
make  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  prominent  places  on  the  Chicago  and 
Milwaukee  R.  R.,  it  will  not  be  the  fault  of  Nature  or  Dr.  Smith." — 
DuPage  County  Atlas. 

1874  Utili  Dulci  held  a  strawberry  festival  in  the  old  railroad  station,  Wm. 
H.  Luther  was  the  station  agent.     Many  guests  came  from  other  towns. 

L.  C.  Cooper's  house  built  on  Park  Boulevard.  The  present  house, 
545,  was  built  in  1894. 


Old  station  at  Main  Street  —  Henry  Jones  and  Delbert  Sherman 

on  platform 


In  the  DuPage  County  Atlas  mention  is  made  of  Luther  L.  Hiatt  and 
A.  H.  Hiatt,  M.  D.,  both  coming  to  Wheaton  in  1858  from  Indiana;  one 
dealing  in  drugs  and  real  estate  and  the  other  in  "artificial  limbs." 


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1874  Patrons'  Directory  of  DuPage  County,  Atlas 

,  Danby — Milton  Township 

Name 

When  came  to 
County 

Nativity 

Occupation 

Miles  Allen 

1854 

New  York 

Real  estate 

F.  B.  Angell 

1873 

Rhode  Island 

Watchmaker  and  jeweler 

T.  A.  Brookins 

1838 

New  York 

Parmer 

Geo.  Becker 

1843 

Germany 

Parmer 

John  T.  Cox 

1848 

England 

Merchant 

George  S.  Chisholm            1871 

Wisconsin 

Norman  horses 

I.  B.  Churchill 

1834 

New  York 

Farmer 

N.  M.  Dodge 

1835 

Vermont 

Farmer 

J.  S.  Dodge 

1835 

Vermont 

Farmer 

Mark  Davis 

1839 

New  York 

Farmer 

Henry  Hestern 

1870 

Germany 

Farmer 

T.  W.  Holmes 

1854 

Pennsylvania 

Farmer 

W.  J.  Johnson 

1836 

Maine 

Retired 

W.  H.  Jacobs 

1873 

New  York 

Insurance  and  real  estate 

A.  S.  Janes 

1835 

New  York 

County  surveyor 

David  Kelley 

1845 

Vermont 

Hotel 

E.  Ketcham 

1837 

New  York 

Farmer  and  carpenter 

J.  R.  McChesney 

1855 

New  Jersey 

Grocer  and  postmaster 

Jas.  H.  Myers 

1865 

Indiana 

Farmer 

W.  C.  Newton 

1841 

Illinois 

Farmer 

J.  N.  Nind 

1845 

England 

Farmer 

H.  W.  Phillips 

1864 

Vermont 

Capitalist  and  farmer 

Philo  W.  Stacy 

1835 

New  York 

Farmer 

A.  Schneider 

1846 

Germany 

Farmer 

John  Sabin 

1846 

Connecticut 

Boot  and  shoe  maker 

M.  H.  Wagner 

1854 

Pennsylvania 

Wagonmaker 

Wm.  H.  Wagner 

1852 

Pennsylvania 

Blacksmith 

J.  M.  Ward 

1840 

New  York 

Gig  saddles  and  coach  pads 

Joseph  Wagner 

1854 

Pennsylvania 

Farmer 

October  5th, 

Roselle  platted  and  recorded. 

1875  Lecture  given 

in  the  Duane 

Street  School,  "I 

3hrenology,"  "Recollections 

1876  Edward  Way,  brother  of  Elmer,  teacher  in  the  Duane  school. 

"When  the  county  seat,  soon  after  the  Civil  War,  was  voted  away  from 
Naperville  to  Wheaton,  as  being  more  centrally  located,  much  bitter 
feeling  was  aroused,  which  lived  for  many  years,  between  the  northern 
and  southern  parts  of  the  county.  In  1876,  however,  the  hatchet  was 
buried  at  a  wonderful  celebration  held  at  Naperville,  and  so  far  as  I 
know,  the  friendliest  feelings  have  existed  ever  since. 

"In  company  of  seven  other  girls  and  their  respective  swains  I  went 
in  a  springless  farm  wagon,  decorated  with  flags  and  bunting,  and  with 
long,  blanket-covered  board  seats  down  each  side.  The  invitation,  asking 
everybody  in  DuPage  County  to  attend,  had  been  most  cordial,  and  as  we 
proceded  down  the  dusty  country  road,  it  seemed  as  if  everyone  had 
accepted  and  everything  on  wheels  had  been  pressed  into  service." — 
Mattie  Janes   Coe. 

Excursions  from  Chicago  of  churches  and  Sunday  Schools  on  C.  &  N. 
W.  to  Lake  Geneva  and  Clinton,  which  Danby  folks  "took  in." 

From  a  school  report  of  1876,  Henry  Thrasher,  teacher,  "The  Higher 
Department  of  Prospect  Park,"  these  forty-six  pupils  are  named:  Carrie 
Dodge,  Mattie  Janes,  Ella  Dodge,  Anna  Boyd,  Edna  Janes,  Ella  Jones, 
Lillie  Wagner,  Julia  Kelley,  Addie  Arnold,  Willie  Dodge,  Charlie  Smith, 
Fred  Ludeke,  Charlie  Breening,  Willie  J.  Wagner,  Cora  Traver,  Muriel 
Jacobs,  G.  M.  Crawford,  Eugene  Balsey,  Frank  Hulett,  John  Boyd,  John 


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1876  Kendall,  Frank  Wagner,  Willie  Jellies,  Albert  Kelley,  Willie  Freeto, 
Orrin  Dodge,  George  Koep,  Meta  Johnson,  Emma  Jones,  Lewis  Newton, 
Jennie  Hubbard,  Albert  Janes,  Rusling  Smith,  Edgar  McChesney,  Lucy 
Rhoads,  Edwin  Pierce,  Georgia  Jellies,  Jessie  Janes,  Cora  Hicks,  Ella 
Traver,  May  Dodge,  Etta  Wagner,  Luther  Wagner,  Mabel  Newton,  Emma 
Bierman.  Contemporary  with  these,  and  in  school  with  them,  though 
not  at  this  date,  were  Mattie  Smith,  Nora  Wagner,  Rose  Weidman,  Re- 
becca Arnold  and  Mary  Cooper. 

There  were  some  seventy-five  children  in  the  lower  grade,  so  Mrs.  Coe 
thought  and  Miss  Georgia  Allen  was  the  teacher  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Beaner  came  to  town,  the  first  colored  folks 
to  live  in  Glen  Ellyn,  also  the  first  people  to  sell  ice  cream  and  bread  in 
the  village.  They  were  very  industrious,  religious  people,  winning  the 
respect  of  their  townsfolk.  Mrs.  Beaner  passed  away  in  1917,  Mr.  Beaner 
in  1925. 

1877  Protracted  meetings  held  by  Free  Methodists. 

County  superintendent  of  schools,  George  P.  Kimball,  1877-81. 

1878  Fourteenth  annual  reunion  of  the  108  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  was 
held  September  3rd,  in  Philo  Stacy's  grove  on  Main  Street,  where  the 
F.  M.  Cole  house  now  stands,  across  the  street  from  where  in  later 
years  Mr.  Stacy  built  his  mansion,  later  owned  by  the  William  H. 
Baethkes  and  now  belonging  to  the  Albert  McCollums. 

The  grove  was  decorated  with  yards  and  yards  of  bunting,  red,  white 
and  blue.  Flags  were  flung  to  the  breeze  over  the  grand  stand.  Long 
rows  of  tables  were  decked  out  with  bunting  and  filled  with  good  things 
to  eat. 

The  veterans  of  the  108th  Illinois  Infantry  and  the 
8th  Illinois  Cavalry  were  the  guests  of  Philo  Stacy, 
he  being  the  chairman  of  the  committee  in  charge  of 
feeding  nearly  2,000  people.  Mr.  Stacy  was  in  his 
element  in  an  affair  of  this  sort,  he  was  here,  there, 
everywhere,  greeting  his  old  comrades  of  the  Civil 
War  and  extending  to  them  a  welcome  they  never 
forgot. 

In  the  business  meeting  the  sincere  thanks  of  the 

organization  was  voted  to  the  Prospect  Parkers,  three 

rousing  cheers  were  given,    the  usual   business  was 

concluded  and  the   meeting  was  turned  over  to  the 

people  with  L.  C.  Cooper  in  charge.     After  the  ban- 

Ph'l     Sta  quet  there  were  speeches,  story  telling,  reminiscenses, 

1  °        cy        music,   and  a   tight  rope  walker  who   unfortunately 

lost  his  presence  of  mind,  fell  and  fatally  injured  himself. 

Bell  Telephone  Company  was  chartered  and  a  regular  exchange  ser- 
vice started  in  Chicago  with  400  telephones  in  use. 

Free  Methodist  Church  founded  as  result  of  a  series  of  meetings 
conducted  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Coleman  and  Rev.  J.  D.  Marsh.  Rev.  William 
Ferries  was  the  next  minister,  then  Rev.  James  Sprague. 

Among  the  early  members  were  Rose  Weidman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kimball, 
Mr.  Whiteman,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Henry  Churchill,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Winslow  Ackerman,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Luther,  Mrs.  John  Sutcliffe,  J.  J.  Butter- 
field,  Mrs.  Erastus  Ketcham,  Mrs.  Martha  Templeton,  Mrs.  Mathias 
Wagner,  Mrs.  Joseph  Wagner,  Mrs.  Ellen  Wagner,  Mrs.  Benjamin  Wim- 
press,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Rawson  and  Mrs.  Nora  Wagner  Harnden. 

Rev.  William  P.  Ferries  was  the  first  resident  pastor  of  the  Free 
Methodist  Church,  coming  in  the  fall  of  1880.     The  following  April  he 


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1878  brought  his  bride  to  Glen  Ellyn.  A  reception  was  tendered  them  by  the 
townspeople  in  the  house  occupied  by  the  A.  R.  Utt  family  on  Main 
Street,  the  old  Brooks'  house.  A  Mrs.  Flint  opened  her  home;  she  was 
an  attendant  at  the  Free  Methodist  Church,  but  not  a  member. 

1880  First  telephone  in  the  village,  at  Boyd's  hardware  store,  now  Patch 
Brothers. 

U.  C.  Hiatt,  teacher  in  the  Duane  school,  Ella  Dodge,  primary  teacher. 

1881  March  11,  Jennie  Miner  Boyd  came  to  Glen  Ellyn.  "I  lived  in  a  house 
on  lot  owned  now  by  Mr.  Grimshaw.  At  that  time  Glen  Ellyn  was  a 
village  of  about  500  inhabitants.  Sidewalks  were  scarce,  mostly  planks 
laid  lengthwise;  there  were  no  street  lights;  the  stores  were  small  and 
very  few;  the  North  Western  depot  was  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  the 
railroad.  Across  the  street  where  the  Newton-Baethke  building  now 
stands  was  a  two  story  building  used  as  part  hotel  and  store.  It  stood 
high,  so  there  were  a  number  of  steps  to  go  up.  The  corner  now 
occupied  by  the  Glen  Ellyn  Bank  was  a  real  hotel  with  a  bar  (Mansion 
House). 

"In  those  days  the  mode  of  amusement  was  surprise  parties,  where 
games  were  played  and  refreshments  served,  also  church  socials  at  the 
homes,  as  the  church  in  those  days  had  no  parlor.  For  other  amuse- 
ment we  went  to  Wheaton  to  church  socials  or  parties.  'Those  who 
danced'  even  went  to  Warrenville  and  Bloomingdale  with  horse  and 
buggy. 

"In  about  1889-90  we  had  our  first  boom  and  began  to  grow.  R.  G. 
Boyd  and  brother  were  contractors  and  built  many  homes  in  Glen  Ellyn. 
Among  them  are:  Geo  C.  Reeves'  home  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Park 
and  Hawthorne;  the  house  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Maple  and  Main, 
the  Walter  Dunham  home;  the  house  north  of  it;  the  house  at  the  south- 
west corner  of  Maple  and  Main,  the  L.  J.  Thiele  home;  the  three  houses 
on  Ridgewood,  west  of  Main,  on  the  north  side  of  the  street,  the  R.  L. 
Rogers  house,  the  A.  C.  Duncan's,  and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Bremner's;  the  house 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  Ridgewood  and  Main,  the  J.  G.  Hunter  home; 
the  George  Nelson  home  on  South  Main  Street;  the  M.  J.  Milmoe  home 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  Main  and  Hillside;  the  E.  H.  McChesney  home, 
just  south  of  it  on  Main  Street;  the  G.  Zuttermeister  home  on  the 
northwest  corner  of  Main  and  Phillips;  the  W.  H.  Harnden  home  on 
Hillside  Avenue. 

"Three  houses  were  built  for  Amos  Churchill  on  Forest:  that  on  the 
southwest  corner  of  Forest  and  Anthony,  the  O.  O.  Townsend's  home; 
on  the  southeast  corner  of  Forest  and  Anthony,  where  H.  O.  Buells  live; 
and  the  next  one  just  south,  the  E.  J.  Harmon  home.  They  also  built 
the  T.  A.  Gregg  house  on  Forest,  almost  at  Hawthorne,  for  a  Mr. 
Woodworth.     St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church  was  built  by  Boyd  Bros. 

"In  1888  Boyd  Bros,  built  and  owned  a  one  story  frame  building  (on 
lot  now  owned  by  S.  Junta),  used  as  a  hardware  store.  In  1892  a  fire 
burned  all  the  buildings  but  two  on  the  west  side  of  Main  Street, 
destroying  their  store.  They  then  built  the  store  building  now  owned  by 
S.  Junta.  In  about  1909-10  Boyd  Bros,  built  and  owned  the  building 
now  owned  by  Patch  Bros,  and  conducted  the  hardware  business  until 
its  sale  in  1911." — Jennie  P.  Boyd. 

The  present  Gregg  house  was  known  as  "Woodworth's  Folly"  because 
people  thought  it  was  so  far  off  in  the  woods. 

An  agent  for  Harper  Brothers,  publishers,  sold  100  volumes  for  $100  to 
twenty  people  each  paying  $5.  This  was  the  first  library  in  Danby.  This 
became  the  Prospect  Park  Library  Association,  with  P.  G.  Hubbard, 
president;  Philo  Stacy,  vice  president;  Walter  Sabin,  secretary;  W.  H. 
Luther,  treasurer  and  Miss  Georgia  Allen,  librarian.  The  100  books 
ultimately  were  stored  in  an  old  walnut  bookcase  in  the  basement  of  the 


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1881  Congregational  church,  and  in  1907  when  the  library  movement  stirred 
again,  were  turned  over  to  the  Glen  Ellyn  Library  Association. 

Lewis  Mills,  teacher  in  Duane  school. 

J.  B.  Haggard,  J.  R.  Rosenweiller,  superintendent  of  schools  in  county, 
1881-86. 

Bensenville  was  noted  for  its  dairy  interests,  making  150,000  pounds  of 
butter  and  400,000  pounds  of  cheese.  Ships  over  300,000  gallons  of  milk 
to  Chicago  now,  and  manufactures  double  that  amount  in  butter  and 
cheese. 

1882  Danby  incorporated,  July  1st,  as  village  of  Prospect  Park,  with  J.  R. 
McChesney  (Charles  McChesney's  grandfather)  as  first  village  president. 
These  were  the  first  trustees,  with  the  votes  cast  for  them:  William 
H.  Wagner,  52;  J.  S.  Dodge,  52;  Wm.  H.  Luther,  52;  J.  R.  McChesney,  51; 
P.  G.  Hubbard,  51;  Wm.  C.  Newton,  27;  James  Saunders,  24.  The  village 
president  was  chosen  by  the  trustees  from  among  their  number,  instead 
of  being  directly  elected  as  nowadays.  Mr.  Luther  was  first  village  clerk. 
August  1st,  first  record  of  a  village  meeting,  from  the  original  book  in 
the  village  hall,  runs  thus:  "Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Village  of  Prospect 
Park,  111.,  county  of  DuPage,  met  at  the  depot  on  the  1st  day  of  August 
to  organize.  On  motion,  J.  R.  McChesney  was  elected  chairman  of  the 
meeting  Pro  Tern  and  W.  H.  Luther  sec.  Pro  Tern.  The  chairman  was 
called  to  read  the  certificate  of  election.  Moved  and  carried  that  the 
same  be  spread  upon  the  records  of  this  board.  Justice  of  the  Peace  W. 
Sabin  was  called  to  administer  the  oath  of  office  to  the  six  trustees 
elected,  viz.,  W.  H.  Wagner,  J.  S.  Dodge,  W.  H  .Luther,  J.  R.  McChesney, 
P.  G.  Hubbard  and  W.  C.  Newton,  all  trustees  being  present.  On  motion 
by  W.  H.  Wagner,  J.  R.  McChesney  was  elected  'by  acclamation'  per- 
manent chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees.  .  On  motion  J.  S.  Dodge, 
P.  G.  Hubbard  and  W.  C.  Newton  were  appointed  to  investigate  what 
amount  of  money  will  be  needed  for  the  coming  year  for  corporation  use. 
Motion  made  and  carried  that  a  committee  of  one  be  appointed  to  ex- 
amine the  records  of  this  corporation  at  Wheaton  to  ascertain  the 
amount  of  taxable  property  in  said  corporation.  Chair  appointed  W.  H. 
Wagner  as  such  committee.  Motion  made  that  the  secretary  be  in- 
structed to  procure  a  suitable  book  to  keep  the  records  of  this  board, 
and  such  other  material  as  he  may  need.  Carried.  .  .  Motion  made 
and  carried  that  J.  R.  McChesney,  W.  H.  W.  and  P.  G.  Hubbard  act  as  a 
committee  to  draft  rules  and  regulations  for  this  board  of  trustees." 

From  such  a  little  acorn  grew  the  present  village  of  Glen  Ellyn. 

At  the  next  meeting,  August  4th,  the  committee  on  money  so  reported: 
"Your  committee  on  the  subject  of  levying  corporation  tax  have  con- 
sidered the  subject  and  beg  leave  to  report  that  although  we  consider 
it  expedient  to  do  something  by  way  of  improvements  on  our  streets 
and  sidewalks,  etc.,  do  not  desire  to  make  the  tax  unsatisfactory  or 
burdensome  to  the  citizens.  We  therefore  recommend  that  $300  be 
raised  and  expended  according  to  our  best  judgments.  And  in  doing  so 
we  do  not  expect  to  give  entire  satisfacton  to  everybody  as  the  require- 
ments will  be  many  and  the  means  limited,  but  trust  that  by  our  united 
efforts  we  can  show  the  inhabitants  that  they  have  value  received  for 
their  money  paid  out."  Here  was  probably  where  the  cry  of  "High 
taxes"  originated. 

W.  H.  Wagner  reported  the  taxable  property  in  the  corporation  thus: 
Personal  property,  $7,291;  Prospect  Park  lots,  $23,560;  Glenwood  lots, 
$4,020;  real  estate,  $17,480,  and  railroad  property,  $11,856,  making  a 
total  of  $64,207. 


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1882       August  21st,  Village  Ordinance  No.  1  was  passed,  providing  that  the 
village    treasurer    (J.    S.    Dodge)    should   give   bond   of   $1,000   and  the 
village  clerk  a  bond  of  $500. 

Ordinance  No.  2  provided  for  the  use  of  the  taxes  thus: 
"the  sum  of  $200  for  streets,  bridges  and  sidewalks;  the 
sum  of  $40  for  seal,  books  and  stationery  and  the  sum  of 
$60  for  a  general  contingent  fund  and  miscellaneous  pur- 
poses. 

September  4th,  James  Saunders  appointed  clerk  of 
the  board  of  trustees,  and  he  said  he  would  serve  without 
compensation. 

The  books,  blanks,  licenses,  warrants,  bonds  and  seal 
cost   more    than   the    estimated   $40,    coming   to   $44.25, 
J.  S.  Dodge      however,  the  village  fathers  accepted  the  bill. 

In  October,  W.  H.  Wagner  was  appointed  as  a  special  committee  to  get 
a  rebate  of  license  money  from  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  such  as  was 
paid  on  dram  shop  license  in  said  village.  Mr.  Wagner  later  reported 
that  such  application  would  be  useless. 

A  bill  of  $1  was  presented  from  the  secretary  of  state  as  fee  for 
recording  the  certificate  of  incorporation  of  the  village.  This  is  how 
it  was  handled:  "Your  finance  committee  beg  leave  to  report  that  they 
have  examined  the  bill  of  the  secretary  of  state  and  recommend  that  an 
order  be  drawn  in  favor  of  W.  H.  Luther  for  $1  to  pay  said  secretary  for 
recording." 


Alonzo  Ackerman 

Here  is  the  first  record  of  street  repairing:  November  28,  the  com- 
mittee on  streets  and  alleys  recommended  the  graveling  of  Pennsylvania 
from  Main  Street,  west  to  a  lot  owned  by  H.   Churchill,  and  of  Main 


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1882  Street  commencing  at  the  crossing  running  from  Miles  Allen's  to  W. 
C.  Newton's  corner  of  lot  opposite  said  Allen's,  thence  running  north  on 
Main  Street,  to  a  lot  owned  by  J.  Satain.  Also  the  graveling  of  Main 
Street,  commencing  opposite  the  Congregational  church  thence  running 
south  along  said  Main  Street  to  the  tracks  of  the  N.  W.  Bids  for  this 
were  submitted  and  opened  at  a  later  meeting.  James  Saunders  had 
offered  the  gravel  from  his  pit,  free  and  the  bids  were  for  hauling.  H. 
Sherwin  bid  35  cents  per  square  yard;  Jo  Millbeck,  29  cents;  J  Clark,  27 
cents;  P.  W.  Stacy,  23%  cents  and  A.  Ackerman,  20  cents.  Alonzo 
Ackerman  got  the  contract  for  the  first  improvement  of  village  streets 
by  the  corporation.     Mr.  Ackerman  received  $52.40. 

The  first  plat  of  the  village  was  made  by  J.  G.  Vallette  for  $40. 

The  names  of  the  business  and  professional  men  of  Prospect  Park 
were:  Luther  Winter,  dealer  in  feed  and  coal;  W.  H.  Luther,  agent  for 
the  C.  &  N.  W.  Railroad;  Miles  Allen,  store  and  post  office;  P.  G.  Hub- 
bard, dealer  in  broom  corn;  William  H.  Wayne,  blacksmith;  M.  H.  Wayne, 
wheelwright;  Nelson  Dodge,  carpenter  and  builder;  Brake  and  Myers, 
carpenter  and  builder;  Will  Jellies,  carpenter  and  builder;  J.  R.  McChes- 
ney  and  Co.,  general  store;  Allen  R.  Walker,  tinshop  and  hardware; 
H.  Wegman,  general  store;  E.  Graff,  hotel;  John  Weidman,  broom  fac- 
tory; John  Hayden,  store;  Frank  Walworth,  stone  mason;  G.  M.  H. 
Wagner,  commission  store;  R.  Blackman,  dealer  on  Board  of  Trade; 
John  Sabin,  boot  and  shoe  shop;  Aug.  Bergson,  boot  and  shoe  shop;  J.  S. 
Dodge,  retired  farmer;  L.  C.  Cooper,  attorney  at  law;  James  Saunders, 
M.  D. 

W.  C.  T.  U.  organized  with  Mattie  Melh  first  president.  Mrs.  Emma 
Lloyd,  descendent  of  the  Nind  family  and  aunt  of  George  Nelson,  was  a 
leading  spirit. 

Elbert  H.  Gary  elected  judge  of  DuPage  County. 

1883  April  17th,  second  village  election  was  held,  3  trustees  being  chosen, 
W.  C.  Newton  and  J.  R.  McChesney  being  returned  and  Thomas  Hoad- 
ley  newly  elected.  W.  H.  Luther  was  elected  village  clerk  and  James 
Saunders,  police  magistrate.     The  election  was  held  in  the  post  office. 

In  May  came  up  the  question  of  a  "dram  shop"  license.  $200  was 
proposed,  but  lost  and  the  figure  was  set  at  $175. 

In  June  there  was  a  bill  from  P.  W.  Stacy  for  putting  in  twelve  plank 
crossings  at  $3.00  each  and  gravelling  one  at  $1,  making  $37  in  all.  At 
that  same  meeting  it  was  moved  by  Trustee  Hoadley  that  the  committee 
be  instructed  to  procure  a  clerk's  desk,  price  not  to  exceed  $7.00. 

At  the  August  meeting,  the  village  clerk  stated  that  he  had  no  report 
to  make  for  the  month  of  July  "Nothing  received." 

In  September  the  item  runs  "The  clerk  reported  that  he  had  received 
no  moneys  for  month  of  August." 

In  October  the  clerk's  desk  bobbed  up  again.  It  seemed  that  R.  G. 
Boyd  made  it  and  it  cost  $1  more  than  was  allowed  for  it:  "Moved  by 
Trustee  Dodge  that  we  allow  Mr.  Boyd  $7  on  bill  for  clerk's  desk  and 
$1.50  for  painting."    The  yeas  had  it. 

Free  Methodist  Camp  Meeting  on  Newton's  Corner,  Pennsylvania  and 
Main. 

Amos  Churchill  and  W.  H.  Luther  went  into  partnership  for  the  sale  of 
agricultural  implements,  coal  and  feed,  paints  and  oils,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Luther  and  Churchill.  At  first,  part  of  the  long  freight  room  at 
the   railroad  station,   where   Mr.   Luther  was   agent,   was  used  for   the 


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1883  commodities.  The  business  flourished  and  a  large  warehouse  was  built, 
which  is  still  in  use  by  the  Alexander  Lumber  Co. — the  gray  building 
just  west  of  Main  Street  on  the  tracks.  Ten  years  later,  Mr.  Luther 
retired  and  sold  his  interest  to  his  son-in-law,  L.  Q.  Newton,  the  firm 
name  then  becoming  Churchill  and  Newton.  In  1903  L.  Q.  Newton  died 
(September  22)  and  in  December  the  business  was  sold  to  L.  R.  Newton 
and  W.  H.  Baethke,  who  carried  it  on  as  Newton-Baethke  Co..  The 
company  still  continues,  but  has  changed  its  business  from  coal  to  oil. 

1884  William  Henry  Myers  had  meat  market  in  the  Danby  House;  William  H. 
Wagner  (Frank  Wagner's  father)  had  grocery  store  and  post  office; 
McChesney  Brothers'  grocery  store  was  on  its  present  site. 

1885  The  name  of  the  village  was  changed  from  Prospect  Park  to  Glen  Ellyn 
by  Thomas  E.  Hill,  president  of  the  village  who  contributed  the  "Ellyn" 
in  honor  of  his  wife,  that  being  the  Welsh  version  of  Ellen. 

Mr.  Hill  was  a  teacher  for  many 
years  in  the  east  and  was  often 
known  as  Professor  Hill.  He  located 
at  Aurora  in  1866  and  founded  the 
Herald.  He  was  mayor  there  in  1876. 
When  he  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  he 
built  the  two  houses  that  used  to 
occupy  the  district  known  as  the 
Salvation  Army  home,  now  subdivided 
as  Southcrest,  and  full  of  new  homes, 
where  there  used  to  be  extensive  out- 
buildings, grounds,  orchards  and  vine- 
yards, surrounding  these  two  houses. 
He  made  the  Overman  Lake  in  "Wild- 
airs"  and  stocked  it  with  fish. 

The  Hills  occupied  the  larger  of  the 
houses  and  lived  in  a  great  deal  of 
style  for  those  days.  As  Mr.  Hill  was 
interested  in  the  hotel  project,  he 
made  it  his  duty  to  entertain  pros- 
pective buyers  of  real  estate,  meeting 
them  at  the  train  with  his  carriage, 
with  colored  coachman  and  spic  and 
span  horses.  The  guests  were  whirled 
away  to  the  grand  house  where  they 
were  waited  upon  by  servants. 

Mrs.  Hill  was  a  dainty  little  woman, 
whose   fine   diamonds,    real   lace   and 
shimmering  silk  gowns  were  the  des- 
pair of  the  other  women  of  the  village. 
Perhaps  in  the  evening  there  was 
a,  party  at  the  club  house  (the  present 
Moulton  residence)  set  in  its  spacious 
grounds   on   Milton   Boulevard,    mind 
you,  not  Main  Street.     Prof,  and  Mrs. 
Hill  would  take  their  guests  from  the 
city.     The  colored  driver  would  make 
the  bells  ring  on  the  horses'  necks  as  the  sumptuous  sleigh  came  to  a 
stand  under  the  carriage  entrance.     The  affairs  were  very  high-toned, 
the  ladies  appearing  in  evening  dress  and  the  gentlemen  in  dress  suits. 
Flowers  were  everywhere,  and  the  music  of  a  stringed  band  was  heard. 
A  caterer  from  the  city  was  in  charge.     It  was  all  very  elegant. 


Thomas  E.  Hill 


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1885       In  the  day  time,  Prof.  Hill  was  always  seen  about  in  a  plum  colored 
overcoat  with  a  cape  to  it  and  a  black  slouch  hat. 

The  four  iron  hitching  posts  on  Main  Street  on  the  west  side  of  St. 
Mark's  church  were  some  that  Mr.  Hill  designed  and  used  on  his  own 
home  grounds,  and  when  he  moved  from  there  he  gave  them  to  John 
McNab  for  hitching  posts  for  the  Episcopal  church. 

In  later  years,  through  unwise  speculations,  he  lost  all  his  money,  and 
devoted  himself  to  writing  books.  Mrs.  Hill  lost  her  sight  and  became 
totally  blind.  Their  last  home  was  .the  house  now  occupied  by  the 
Joseph  Wagoners,  570  Anthony  St.  Here,  Mr.  Hill,  who  had  once  been 
a  professor  of  penmanship,  passed  his  last  years  making  queer  compila- 
tions of  statistics  and  publishing  them.  He  passed  away  July  13,  1915, 
at  the  age  of  83.  Mrs.  Ellen  Hill  followed  him  January  3,  1916,  aged  79. 
To  the  Hills  belongs  the  glory  for  much  of  the  grace  and  glamour  of 
modern  Glen  Ellyn.  It  was  their  vision  which  started  the  development 
of  the  village  along  its  foundation  lines  of  beauty.  As  they  carried  the 
village  in  their  hearts,  it  now  holds  them  to  its  heart,  for  they  both 
sleep  in  Mrs.  Fannie  Newton's  lot  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Parry  was  pastor  of  Free  Methodist  Church.  Other 
succeeding  pastors  were:  Rev.  D.  W.  Rose,  1892;  Rev.  E.  G.  Cryer,  1897; 
Rev.  T.  B.  Arnold,  1903;  Bishop  David  S.  Warren,  1906;  Rev.  Earl  F. 
Aiken,  1907;  Benjamin  L.  Olmstead,  1908-10;  Matthias  Klein,  1914-16; 
Rev.  W.  M.  Kelsey,  1917-19;  Rev.  James  D.  Marsh,  1920-21;  D.  L. 
Lower,  1922-23;  G.  L.  McClish,  1924-25;  and  in  1928,  Rev.  Helen  I.  Root. 
Miss  Rose  Weidman  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School  for  many 
years  and  William  F.  Jensen  served  in  that  capacity  for  seventeen  con- 
secutive years. 

Free  Methodists  had  camp  meeting  on  the  Henry  Churchill  corner, 
Park  and  Crescent. 

Dr.  D.  K.  Parsons  came  to  Hinsdale,  a  philanthropist  and  millionaire 
who  devoted  his  time  to  giving  away  $6,000,000  mostly  to  small  colleges. 
He  gave  its  library  to  Hinsdale. 

1886  Free  Methodist  church  built  on  Glenwood  Avenue,  the  land  given  by 
Winslow  Ackerman,  son  of  John  Ackerman,  the  board  of  trustees  in 
charge  being  A.  J.  Butterfield,  W.  H.  Luther,  M.  H.  Wagner,  Erastus 
Ketcham  and  Mr.  Ackerman.  The  parsonage  was  built  in  1892,  with 
Mr.  Luther  superintending  it. 

William  H.  Wagner,  postmaster,  had  a  blacksmith  shop  on  Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue,  for  forty  years. 

Royal  T.  Morgan,  county  superintendent  of  schools;  for  over  half  a 
century  connected  with  schools. 

1887  Post  office  in  McChesney's  store. 

W.   B.   Warrell,    teacher   at   Duane    school. 

Free   Methodist  Camp   Meeting   at   Stacy's   Grove. 

1888  Rev.  Arthur  Spooner,  minister  Congregational  Church. 

Prospect  Park  folks  went  in  to  Chicago  to  see  Mary  Anderson, 
Modjeska  and  John  McCullough,  and  to  hear  Emma  Abbott  sing. 
"Pinafore"  was  all  the  rage. 

1889  The  little  village  with  its  New  England  flavor  lost  its  simple  Puritan 
character,  and  became  a  summer  resort. 


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1890  Sleighing  parties  on  cold  moonlight  nights  were  a  favorite  pastime  of 
the  young  people.  Hayracks  were  placed  on  runners  and  then  filled  with 
straw.  About  twenty-five  could  ride  in  one.  All  sat  on  the  straw  with 
rugs  and  shawls  to  cover  them  and  keep  them  warm.  Usually  there 
were  two  or  three  loads  in  the  party.  Sometimes  they  went  to  the 
Rathbun  farm  where  a  warm  welcome  awaited  them  with  roaring  hot 
fires  and  hot  oyster  soup.  Sometimes  they  went  to  the  Mark  Davis 
farm,  where  that  genial  old  bachelor  manned  the  fiddle  and  kissed  the 
girls  while  his  sister  set  out  warming  food.  One  Glen  Ellyn  matron 
recalls  a  night  when  the  snow  was  so  deep  that  the  young  people 
couldn't  get  home  and  had  to  spend  the  night  at  their  host's  house. 
There  was  no  telephone  in  those  days  so  parents  couldn't  be  notified,  but 
they  took  it  calmly. 

THE  NASCENT  NINETIES 


Lake  Ellyn — planned  and  named  by  Thomas  E.  Hill 


Lake  Ellyn  made,  dam  constructed,  $2,500  pledged  by  citizens. 

Thomas  E.  Hill  landscaped  the  grounds  and  planned  the  artificial 
lake,  superintending  the  laying  out  of  it,  and  Philo  Stacy  superintending 
the  actual  construction  work,  excavating  and  so  on. 

Glen  Ellyn  Hotel  and  Spring  Company,  organized  by  Messrs,  Baker, 
Riford  and  Goodridge,  acquired  title  to  116  acres  of  land  within  the 
village  of  Glen  Ellyn.    The  park  was  given  to  the  village  by  the  company. 

1891  September  6,  the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  organized  at  the 
home  of  Samuel  Grannis,  east  side  of  Main  street  between  Crescent  and 
Pennsylvania.     Rev.  Wm.  E.  Catlin  was  the  founder  and  first  minister 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


77 


1891  in  charge.  The  charter  members  were:  Rev.  Catlin,  father  of  William 
J.  Catlin,  of  348  Brandon  Avenue;  Mrs.  Antoinette  Catlin,  W.  J.  Catlin, 
Miss  Mamie  A.  Catlin,  Mrs.  Mattie  H.  Smith  and  Mrs.  Harriet  M.  Grannis. 
Miss  Annie  Olson,  Miss  Frances  Swantosh  and  Samuel  Grannis  were 
accepted  in  probationary  membership.  The  membership  averaged  be- 
tween twelve  and  eighteen  for  several  years. 

Services  were  held  in  the  Grannis  home,  where  the  O'Dormell  Electric 
Shop  now  stands;  then  in  the  old  school  house  on  Crescent;  in  1892,  in 
the  Dunning  house  on  Pennsylvania;  then  in  Odd  Fellows  hall  on  Penn- 
sylvania; then  in  the  Town  Hall;  then  in  the  Mertz  house  on  Pennsyl- 
vania; in  the  old  Congregational  Church  building  on  Crescent,  owned  by 
Dr.  Saunders;  in  Mrs.  Oscar  Johnson's  home  on  Duane;  back  again  to 
the  Mertz  house.  During  these  early  days  it  was  a  constant  struggle  to 
keep  the  church  going  and  much  credit  is  given  to  the  Catlin  and  Laier 
families  for  so  doing.  At  one  time  the  only  minister  available  was  a 
Japanese  and  though  he  could  not  be  understood,  he  filled  the  pulpit. 

May  9th,  Stacy  Park  (six  acres)  given  to  the  village  by  Philo  and 
Betsy  Stacy. 


The  Glen  Ellyn  Hotel 


Big  hotel  built  on  east  side  of  Lake  Ellyn  by  Hotel  and  Springs  Com- 
pany. 

First  drug  store  kept  by  William  Ryder,  on  the  site  of  the  Heintz  store. 

1892  600  inhabitants  in  the  village. 

The  big  fire  started  at  4:00  P.  M.,  when  most  of  the  village  men  were 
in  the  city,  and  as  there  was  no  fire  department,  the  flames  had  their 
way  and  burned  all  of  the  stores  on  the  west  side  of  Main  Street  except 
Fleming's  Grocery,  built  by  Henry  Benjamin.  It  stood  on  the  site  of 
the  present  DuPage  Trust  Building  and  was  one  of  the  first  stores 
built  in  Danby.  It  was  a  small  white  building,  two  stories  high,  with 
an  outside  stairway.  The  upstairs  was  used  as  a  flat.  Here  in  this 
building  the  post  office  was  kept  by  Mr.  Allen,  father  of  Georgia  Allen. 

Later  Wm.  Wagner  kept  a  grocery  in  this  building.  Mr.  Fleming 
bought  it  from  Mr.  Wagner. 


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1892  Fleming's  store  was  famous  for  its  famous  home-made  bread,  a  big, 
warm  fresh  loaf  costing  only  six  cents.  It  was  also  noted  among  the 
children  for  its  black  balls,  a  delicacy  something  on  the  order  of  the 
present  all-day  sucker.  During  the  sucking  process,  they  turned  from 
black  to  green,  then  red  and  so  on  till  they  finally  disappeared — yet 
some  of  the  indulgers  have  survived  to  tell  the  tale. 

Boyd's  Hardware  store  stood  where  the  present  Patch  Brothers  is;  the 
Ryder  store  was  where  the  present  Heintz  store  is,  following  the  long 
proprietorship  of  A.  R.  Utt.  The  other  stores  were  groceries  and  meat 
markets  owned  by  the  Wagner  brothers. 

McChesney's  new  (and  present)  store  was  built  on  the  East  side  of 
Main. 

All  village  records  were  lost  in  the  fire,  so  no  names  of  village 
officers  before  this  are  obtainable,  except  those  mentioned. 

New  (and  present)  Duane  street  school  built;  school  held  in  Congrega- 
tional church  1892-3. 

Georgia  Allen,  Frances  Laier,  Mrs.  Emma  Miller,  Luther  N.  Grange, 
teachers  at  Duane. 

Boyd's  Hardware  store  re-built. 

Ehlers  Hotel  built  on  northeast  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Crescent, 
site  of  famous  old  Mansion  House,  and  now  gone  to  make  way  for  the 
Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank. 

Old  Congregational  church  (originally  built  1839  at  Stacy's  Corners) 
moved  from  Main  Street  to  Crescent,  serving  for  many  years  as 
Saunders  Hall,  as  Dr.  Saunders'  home  and  now  as  a  boarding  house  for 
workmen.  It  still  stands  just  east  of  the  Saunders'  Plumbing  shop, 
mounted  on  a  high  foundation  and  surrounded  by  shrubs. 

Dr.  E.  S.  Higley  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  to  practice. 

Old  Dunning  House  on  Pennsylvania  used  as  village  hall,  and  site  of 
present  new  hall. 

Mrs.  Emma  Lloyd  first  woman  school  director. 

Cemetery  enlarged. 

The  village  board  extended  the  village  boundaries  of  Danby  adding 
1,200  acres  to  it.  A  long  legal  battle  ensued,  the  village  finally  coming 
out  1,000  acres  ahead.  Judge  E.  H.  Gary  was  one  of  the  lawyers  against 
the  village.  Well  known  men  like  Jesse  Wheaton  and  other  pioneer 
land-holders  and  men  of  judgment  testified  "that  the  lands  in  question 
were  farm  lands,  that  they  never  would  be  required  for  village  pur- 
poses and  that  such  ideas  were  silly  and  chimerical." 

Philo  Stacy  built  his  mansion  on  Main  street,  now  occupied  by  the 
Albert  McCollums. 

A  creek  ran  through  the  center  of  the  village  and  crossed  Pennsylvania 
and  Forest  Avenues.  Over  the  northwest  corner  was  a  bridge  with 
railings  on  either  side.  Under  it,  the  small  boys  spent  their  play 
time  digging  crawfish  of  which  there  seemed  to  be  an  inexhaustible 
supply.    It  was  a  mystery  why  they  were  found  in  this  particular  spot. 

There  was  a  ravine  or  glen  on  the  north  end  of  Park  Boulevard,  just 
at  the  foot  of  the  Cooper  hill  which  gave  the  "Glen"  to  the  village's 
name.  There  was  an  old  red  bridge  over  it  once  where  the  boys  used 
to  play.  Harper  Moulton  fell  from  it  and  broke  his  leg.  Later  the 
authorities  filled  up  the  ravine,  thus  erasing  one  of  the  village's  beauty 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  79 

1892  spots.     Another  ravine  just  north  of  Honeysuckle  Hill  on  Crescent  Boule- 
vard was  filled  in  and  a  house  built  on  it. 


The  Old  Red  Bridge 

The  Forest  Glen  School  was  named  for  the  Park  Boulevard  ravine. 

1893  A  man  who  came  from  another  town  to  transact  some  business  in  the 
village  fell  through  the  board  walk  on  Main  Street  which  was  several 
feet  high  in  the  down  town  section,  and  broke  his  leg.  He  sued  the 
village  for  $500  and  won  the  suit.  The  village  fathers  were  forced  to 
hand  him  over  the  money.  This  was  considered  a  great  joke  as  the 
village  fathers  were  notorious  for  being  a  little  "cautious"  in  money 
affairs.    However,  after  this  the  sidewalks  were  kept  in  better  repair. 


The  Churchill  Twins 

February  15,  the  "Churchill  Twins"  celebrated  their  91st  birthday,  the 
oldest  twins  in  the  United  States.  They  were  Lurania  Churchill  Acker- 
man  and  Christiana  Churchill  Christian,  daughters  of  Deacon  Winslow 
Churchill. 

Mrs.  Ackerman  passed  away  a  month  after  the  birthday  celebration, 
but  Mrs.  Christian  lived  some  years  longer.  When  she  was  ninety-four 
years  old,   she  would  tell  Mrs.   Pauline  Woebke  who  was  visiting  her, 


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1893  that  she  had  learned  another  verse  of  the  Bible  and  proudly  recite  several 
to  prove  her  accomplishment. 

(according  to  quotation  from  old  Glen  Ellyn  paper). 

"The  Glen  Ellyn  Hotel  opened  as  a  summer  resort  by  Riford  and 
Baker.  It  stood  east  of  the  lake  on  Crescent  Boulevard,  a  frame  building 
four  or  five  stories  high  with  100  rooms.  It  had  a  tower  and  spacious 
verandas  round  the  ground  floor.  There  were  boat  houses  around  the 
lake  and  many  boats  for  hire." 

In  the  deed  to  our  lot  (corner  of  Park  and  Glen  Ellyn  Place)  we  have  a 
clause  giving  us  the  privilege  of  using  a  boat  on  the  lake  and  the 
use  of  the  springs  forever.  No  doubt  we  paid  a  couple  of  hundred 
dollars  extra  for  such  an  exclusive  privilege.  We  dreamed  wonderful 
dreams  those  days  because  it  was  said  that  Glen  Ellyn  Park  was  to  be 
made  into  an  English  Manor  park  with  velvet  lawns,  fountains  playing 
in  the  sun,  and  elegant  ladies  and  gentlemen  strolling  about  under  the 
beautiful  trees. 

A  little  bit  of  that  "Castle  in  Spain"  actually  materialized,  for  a 
dancing  pavilion  had  been  built  on  the  shore  of  the  lake  where  it  was 
considered  quite  the  thing  for  the  young  people  to  have  dances  by 
moonlight. 


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The  Five  Springs 


It  was  considered  quite  in  vogue  to  take  a  drinking  cup  and  saunter 
down  to  the  Five  Springs  for  a  drink  of  mineral  water.  The  springs 
were  then  kept  in  elegant  style.  About  one-fourth  mile  east  from  the 
Five  Springs  was  the  Apollo  Spring  of  clear  water.  It  was  not  mineral, 
but  cold  and  of  the  most  beautiful  amethyst  color.  It  was  piped  to  'the 
hotel  and  used  for  all  purposes.  It  was  also  shipped  away  by  the  car- 
load, a  bottling  house  being  situated  half  way  between  it  and  the  Five 
Springs.     Later  this  building  burned   (1904). 

New  Congregational  Church  built  on  corner  of  Pennsylvania  and  Forest 
Avenues  on  land  presented  by  Miss  Georgia  Allen,  now  used  by  the 
Grace  Lutheran  congregation. 

New  streets  laid  out.  .  •  -  ' 

W.  S.  Ryder  elected  village  president. 

Cross  Country  Club  House  built  on  Milton  Boulevard  (now  Main 
street)   between  Hawthorne  and  Linden,  now  the  C.  L.  Moulton  house. 

1894  "Black  Maria"   owned  by  Nadelhoffers   whose  livery  stable   gave   way 
to  the  Glen  Theatre  in  1927,  was  a  bus  much  used  by  the  ladies  of  the 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  81 

1894  town  as  a  conveyance  in  those  early  days.  It  was  a  black  and  melan- 
choly vehicle,  but  when  it  was  filled  with  a  crowd  of  lively  women  off 
for  a  lark  of  some  kind  it  was  changed  into  a  load  of  fun. 

We  did  not  lack  for  excitement  either  when  riding  in  it,  for  often 
the  driver  would  be  drunk  and  any  minute  we  might  expect  to  be  dumped 
into  a  wayside  ditch. 

One  day  we  were  to  attend  the  old  settlers'  picnic  at  Bloomingdale, 
and  we  were  all  dressed  in  our  best  summer  clothes.  The  bus  had  just 
been  washed  on  the  inside.  It  had  leather  straps  holding  the  cushions 
in  place  and  these  did  not  dry  quickly.  The  ladies  whose  fate,it  was 
to  sit  on  those  places  were  a  sight  to  behold,  for  when  we  arrived  at 
the  picnic,  their  nice  white  skirts  were  striped  with  red  and  black  and 
green.  One  of  them,  a  dainty  little  bride,  was  the  most  resplendent  of 
all  the  unfortunates  in  her  decorations.  The  worst  of  it  was  these 
stripes  were  indelible,  so  Black  Maria  left  her  imprint  on  the  minds 
and  memories,  not  to  mention  the  tempers,  of  her  fair  patrons. 

For  many  years  Black  Maria,  so-called  after  her  namesake  in  the 
city  which  was  used  to  carry  prisoners  from  the  court  house  to  the 
county  jail  in  those  early  days,  was  to  be  seen  on  all  important  occa- 
sions. She  served  to  carry  the  pall-bearers  at  a  funeral  to  the  ceme- 
tery. She  carried  the  guests  to  a  wedding;  she  helped  to  make  the 
Library  Day  Fair  a  success  by  carrying  the  crowds  to  the  grounds.  She 
was  a  comfort  and  a  mainstay  on  a  wet  day.  It  fact,  she  entered  in- 
timately into  all  the  affairs  of  our  lives. 

Baptist  Church  started  again.  Rev.  Carl  Case  first  pastor.  Meet- 
ings held  in  Saunders'  Hall.  Charter  members  were:  Philo  and  Betsy 
Stacy  and  their  daughter,  Carrie;  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jenkins,  Helen  Jenkins 
(later  Mrs.  Carl  Case),  Miss  Doliska  Harmon,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry, 
Nathan  Randall,  Mabel  Randall,  Annie  Randall,  Agnes  Randall  (Mrs. 
Harold  F.  Jauch),  Frances  Jenkins,  Mrs.  McCutchin,  Miss  Bertha  Wim- 
press   (Mrs.  John  H.  Kopp). 

George  Arnold,  ten  years  old,  drowned  in  Lake  Ellyn. 

Very  loose  high  school  course  started,  1894-5. 

Thanks  to  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge,  there  comes  this  announcement  card  of 
"The  First  Commencement  of  Glen  Ellyn  High  School  at  the  Congrega- 
tional Church,  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois,  Friday  evening,  June  15,  1894,  eight 
o'clock."  Of  course  this  is  all  beautifully  spaced  and  printed  in  gold 
above  and  below  a  lovely  blue  etching  showing  Lake  Ellyn,  and  the  big 
hotel  in  the  background.  The  program  printed  in  the  folder  which  will 
stir  many  memories,  is  as  follows:  "Music" — Arion  Quartette;  Invocation 
— Rev.  John  S.  Rood;  Salutatory  and  Essay,  "Green" — Helen  F.  Lund- 
gren;  Essay,  "Good  Humor" — Flora  M.  Dodge;  Essay,  "Geometry  of  Life" 
— Marie  F.  Lundgren;  Essay,  "National  Reform  a  Pressing  Necessity" — 
Frances  L.  Laier;  Oration  and  Valedictory,  "Simon  Says  Thumbs  Up" — 
Adeline  B.  Churchill ;  Address  to  Class — Rev.  C.  D.  Case ;  Presentation  of 
Diplomas — County  Supt.  R.  T.  Morgan;  Benediction — Rev.  John  S.  Rood. 

Flora  M.  Dodge  is  now  Mrs.  L.  J.  Hiatt  and  the  Lundgren  girls  lived 
in  the  house  at  752  Crescent  (occupied  now  by  the  Joseph  Wassells) 
which  their  people  built.  There  was  a  ball  room  on  the  upper  floor  and 
the  young  people  of  that  day  had  much  merriment  there.  One  winter 
night  my  niece  and  nephew  went  to  a  party  there,  and  they  were  unable 
to  get  home,  but  had  to  stay  all  night  because  a  heavy  snowfall  came  and 
there  was  no  good  road  then.  We  worried  about  them  all  night  for  there 
were  no  telephones  in  those  days  and  we  were  afraid  they  might  have 
fallen  in  a  deep  hole  some  place  on  their  way  home.  The  Lundgrens 
moved  away  and  have  not  been  heard  from  since. 

Adeline  B.  Churchill,  Mrs.  B.  B.  Curtis's  sister,  is  Mrs.  J.  B.  Lorbeer, 


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1894  of  Santa  Monica,  Calif.,  where  she  is  active  in  club  and  civic  life.  After 
her  graduation  here,  she  went  to  Wheaton  College  and  then  studied  art 
at  Pratt  and  in  Chicago  and  for  many  years  was  art  supervisor  in  Fort 
Madison  County,  Wise.  Frances  B.  Laier,  sister  of  Mrs.  Calvin  Wagner, 
passed  away  many  years  ago. 

The  Arion  Quartette  was  a  very  good  musical  organization  which  came 
often  to  Glen  Ellyn.  "In  those  days,"  said  Mrs.  Curtis,  "we  had  many 
more  good  things  come  to  the  village  than  we  do  now  because  people 
didn't  go  to  the  city  so  often  nor  so  easily  as  they  do  now." 

Cross  Country  Club  expressed  as  its  object:  "to  encourage  Equestrian 
and  all  manly  and  Outdoor  Sports  and  to  promote  Physical  Culture." 
Initiation  fees  were  $15  and  anual  dues  $15. 

The  club  house  changed  from  Main  Street  to  Hill  Avenue,  then  sur- 
rounded by  stretches  of  grass  and  trees  instead  of  modern  houses,  still 
stands,  the  J.  K.  Marshall  home,  583  Hill  Avenue.  This  is  the  description 
of  the  club  as  given  in  its  own  booklet:  "This  club  is  located  on  the  high- 
lands, within  a  brief  walk  south  of  the  railroad  depot  at  Glen  Ellyn.  The 
view  from  the  club  house  commands  a  broad  expanse  of  country,  in- 
cluding in  the  scene  four  villages  and  one  city.  It  is  situated  in  the 
midst  of  green  lawns,  shaded  by  numerous  fruit  and  ornamental  trees, 
while  close  by  is  a  little  gem  of  a  lake  sufficiently  large  to  accommodate 
several  boats. 

"Closely  adjoining  the  house  are  baseball,  lawn  tennis,  croquet  and 
polo  grounds,  while  but  a  little  distance  away  are  ample  sheds  for  the 
sheltering  of  horses  and  carriages  and  the  feeding  of  horses  that  may 
come  from  a  distance. 

"Directly  attached  to  the  house  is  a  large  pavilion  for  dancing,  or 
for  assemblages  of  any  kind,  sufficiently  large  to  hold  several  hundred 
persons,  while  extending  from  this  pavilion  around  the  entire  house  are 
wide  verandas  which  afford  the  opportunity  for  a  delightful  promenade, 
and  the  protecting  of  several  hundred  people  from  sunshine  or  storm." 

L.  C.  Cooper  house,  545  Park  Blvd.,  now  occupied  by  the  Hermon 
Coopers,  built. 

1895  April  22,  telephone  service  first  established  with  toll  station  in  Boyd 
Brothers'    hardware    store    (now   Patch   Brothers). 

September,  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  organized  as  the  Study  Club, 
by  nine  women,  Mrs.  E.  Sinclair  Smith,  Miss  Abbie  Smith,  Miss  Georgia 
Allen,  Mrs.  G.  M.  H.  Wagner,  Mrs.  Wm.  Lloyd,  Mrs.  C.  L.  Moulton,  Mrs. 
Cora  Higley,  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Kerr,  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge.  The  membership 
was  limited  to  twenty  until  1910  when  the  club  entered  the  state  feder- 
ation, becoming  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  in  1912  and  a  member 
of  the  11th  district.  It  joined  the  general  federation  in  1915.  At  first 
the  dues  were  five  cents  a  month. 


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83 


Amos  Churchill 


New  brick  railway  station  for  the  North 
Western,  Amos  Churchill  instrumental  in 
in  getting  it  for  the  village. 

Amos  Churchill  elected  village  president. 
Mrs.  B.  B.  Curtis  is  a  daughter  of  Amos 
Churchill. 

The  favorite  5:05  was  running  then  on 
the  North  Western,  making  the  trip  be- 
tween here  and  Chicago  in  38  minutes. 
Railroad  fares  were:  one  trip,  58  cents; 
round  trip,  $1.15;  ten- ride  ticket,  $4.50;  25- 
ride  ticket,  $6.00;  monthly  ticket,  $7.10. 

Members  of  the  Ladies  Social  Union 
were:    Elida   A.    Swan,    Elizabeth   Jenkins, 

Caroline  Eva  Swan,  Cora  V.  Higley,  Carrie 
M.  LeStage,  Emma  V.  Ellicott,  Lavinia 
Newton,  Mrs.  A.  Rathbun,  Mrs.  R.  Rathbun, 
Caroline  Henry,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Workman,  Mrs. 

i  M.  J.  Stevens,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Simons,  Miss 
Doliska  Harmon,  Miss  Ada  Douglas  Har- 
mon. 


1896  Court  House  in  Wheaton  erected  1896-7.  A  Memorial  Hall  in  it  for 
Civil  War  soldiers,  now  dismantled. 

September,  Modern  Woodmen  organized. 

The  Charter  members  of  Glen  Ellyn  Camp  4213,  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America,  September  11,  1896,  are:  George  Babcock,  John  H.  Merz,  A.  F. 
Carlson,  A.  J.  Engelschall,  Grant  Goodrich,  B.  F.  Hoffman,  Gilbert  B. 
Jellies,  Louis  Laier,  F.  M.  Leonard,  L.  R.  Newton,  E.  E.  Sherwin,  H.  W. 
Stoessinger,  F.  H.  Surkamer,  E.  M.  Troutfetter,  C.  M.  Van  Buren,  Conrad 
Wiesbrook  and  W.  J.  Yackley. 

Hermon  Cooper  spent  from  '96  to  '99  at  the  University  of  Heidelberg, 
studying  chemistry,  earning  his  Ph.D. 

1897  July  11,  St.  Mark's  first  service  was  held  on  Sunday  evening  in  Saunder's 
Hall,  Rev.  J.  N.  Hawthorne  of  Wheaton  in  charge.  On  October  24,  the 
first  celebration  of  Holy  Communion  was  held,  and  ten  people  received: 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Ellicott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young,  Mrs.  William  C.  Newton, 
John  McNab,  Mr.  Llewellyn,  John  LeMessurier,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  E. 
Riddle. 

On  November  7th,  the  Sunday  school  was  organized  with  fifty-five 
children.  The  Right  Rev.  C.  McClaren  confirmed  the  first  class  of  five, 
on  June  19th,  1898:  Mary  Jane  Dodge,  Flora  May  Dodge  (Mrs.  L.  J. 
Hiatt),  Alice  Josephine  Carter,  Alice  Jane  Llewellyn  and  Cora  Gertrude 
Palmer  (Mrs.  Walter  Wimpress). 

The  Right  Rev.  C.  P.  Anderson  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  the  Chi- 
cago diocese,  February  24,  1900,  and  on  the  following  day  confirmed 
his  first  class  in  Glen  Ellyn,  Mrs.  Cora  Higley,  widow  of  the  late  Dr. 
Higley,  Mrs.  W.  B.  LeStage,  Lucille  J.  LeStage,  Fannie  P.  Newton, 
Florence  Stubbings,  Lillian  W.  Anderson  (Mrs.  Will  Penrose),  Bertha 
May  Hanson  (the  late  Mrs.  C.  G.  Parker),  and  Eva  May  Clare. 

The  mission  was  served  by  the  Reverends  W.  J.  Hawthorne,  Richard 
Rowley,   C.  L.  Branscombe,  W.  C.  Hengen  and  F.  Oleranes. 

In  1909  the  parish  was  organized  with  H.  W.  Prince  as  first  rector, 
followed  by  Rev.  H.  S.  Webster,  and  Dr.  John  Arthur  who  served  ten 
years  until  his  death,  March  19th,  1924.     He  was  in  charge  during  the 


84  TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1897  war  with  one  son  and  one  son-in-law  overseas. 

Rev.  D.  A.  McGregor  succeeded  him  and  now  lives  in  the  rectory,  next 
door  south  of  the  church  on  Main  Street. 

The  boys  from  Glen  Ellyn  who  enlisted  in  the  Spanish-American  War 
were:  Florence  Furstein,  Fred  Surkamer,  Will  G.  Laier,  John  J.  Laier, 
W.  H.  Groeschell,  Charles  Christianson,  Lawrence  Arnold,  Harry  Dolbey, 
John  Ashby  and  Fred  Johnson. 

1898  First   kindergarten   in   basement   of   Congregational   church   started   by 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Kerr. 

Christian  and  John  Nadelhoffer  bought  the  livery  business  of  Charles 
Van  Buren,  including  the  livery  barn  built  by  him,  which  held  its  place 
on  Crescent  Boulevard  until  it  made  way  for  the  Glen  Theatre  in  1926. 
Later  William  Nadelhoffer  joined  his  father  and  uncle  in  the  business. 
They  built  their  new  garage  on  Stewart  at  Forest  in  1928. 

1899  Glen  Ellyn  a  gay  summer  resort,  many  guests  at  the  big  hotel  from 
Chicago  and  the  south. 

Entertainments  by  the  Cross  Country  Club,  attended  by  many  promi- 
nent Chicago  people  such  as  John  Stewart,  Hon.  T.  B.  Bryan,  of  Elm- 
hurst  and  Judge  Elbert  H.  Gary  of  Wheaton. 

Orrin  D.  Dodge  was  elected  village  president. 

The  Bloomingdale  windmill  partly  destroyed  by  small  tornado.  Mrs. 
Pauline  Woebke  recalls  how  she  and  her  husband  once  drove  over  there 
with  some  grain  to  grind  into  special  kind  of  flour.  The  wind  was  blow- 
ing a  gale  and  the  great  wings  were  sweeping  the  sky  at  perilous  speed. 
Only  the  miller's  wife  was  at  home  and  she  didn't  know  how  to  stop  the 
mill.  Great  was  her  relief  when  Mr.  Woebke  brought  the  sails  to  quiet- 
ness. "Mr.  Woebke  could  because  he  knew  about  sailing,"  explained  Mrs. 
Woebke.  "He  understood  the  winds  and  how  to  manage  the  mill's  sails 
in  them." 

1900  St.  Mark's  Church  built  at  Main  and  Hillside,  on  a  lot  given  by  Charles 
A.  Phillips,  an  unbeliever,  who  had  the  large  estate  on  Park  Boulevard. 

A.  R.  Utt  bought  his  drug  store  from  Dr.  Tope  (now  the  Heintz  store). 

No  street  lights,  and  kerosene  lamps  used  in  the  homes. 

Benjamin  F.  Gault,  called  "the  bird  man"  by  the  village  folk  lived 
for  many  years  in  the  house  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Main  and 
Hawthorne,  last  occupied  by  the  Earl  Twichells.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Ornithological  Union,  the  National  Geographic  Society,  the 
American  Audubon  Society,  the  Cooper  Ornithological  Society  of  Cali- 
fornia, secretary  of  the  Wilson  Ornithological  Club,  also  on  the  advisory 
council  of  "Bird  Lore."  He  writes  for  this  magazine,  also  the  Smith- 
sonian Institute,  the  Auk,  Birds  and  Nature  and  Forest  and  Stream.  In 
pursuing  his  bird  studies,  Mr.  Gault  has  travelled  far  and  wide. 

Mr.  Gault  lived  in  the  house  on  Main  street  with  his  mother  until  her 
death  at  the  age  of  ninety  years,  when  he  sold  his  home  and  left  Glen 
Ellyn  for  a  time.  The  house  during  his  occupancy,  was  filled  on  the 
first  floor,  with  cases  reaching  to  the  ceiling  containing  stuffed  speci- 
mens of  birds  of  all  kinds  from  every  country.  It  was  considered  a 
great  honor  to  have  the  privilege  of  viewing  this  collection  and  the 
Study  Club  and  school  children  were  so  honored. 

The  Gault  house  on  Madison  and  Market,  Chicago,  is  owned  by  his 
family.     Mr.  Gault  returned  in  1928  to  Glen  Ellyn  to  make  his  home. 


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1901  Aurora,  Elgin  and  Chicago  Electric  road  built  through  the  village. 
A.  R.  Utt,  ticket  agent  for  fifteen  years.     Much  milk  shipped  on  road. 

Telephone  exchange  operated  by  the  Chicago  Telephone  Company  was 
officially  opened  July  3,  in  a  building  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Penn- 
sylvania and  Lisle  (Forest)  in  the  home  of  the  Willard  P.  Conyers, 
Robert  G.  Boyd  conducting  the  exchange  up  to  1905. 

March  8th,  Twentieth  Century  Camp,  No.  2431,  Royal  Neighbors  of 
America,  was  organized  with  twelve  benefit  members  and  eleven  social 
members.  The  following  officers  were  elected:  Oracle,  Christine  Remick; 
vice  oracle,  Callie  Laier;  past  oracle,  Josephine  Jellies;  chancellor,  Emma 
Mertz;  recorder,  Florence  Babcock;  receiver,  Kathryn  Yackley;  mar- 
shall,  Blanche  Stoessiger;  assistant  marshall,  Ruth  Stoessiger;  inner 
sentinel,  Freda  Hoffman;  outer  sentinel,  Mina  Stoessiger;  managers, 
Minnie  Kress,  Wm.  Yackley,  Josephine  Jellies;  physician,  Dr.  G.  B.  Tope. 

First  printed  program  of  the  "Study  Club"  issued,  a  booklet  of  four 
pages. 

1902  The  Chicago  Press  Club  had  quite  a  few  members  living  in  Glen  Ellyn, 
among  whom  were  Frank  Comerford,  Horace  M.  Ford,  Frank  Roderus, 
Charles  H.  Kerr,  Frank  Abbott,  Frank  Hassler. 

W.  F.  McFryer  became  commercial  manager  of  the  telephone  company 
for   Wheaton   and   Glen   Ellyn. 


First  auto  in  town — and  S.  T.  Jacobs,  its  owner 


1903  The  first  automobile  arrived  in  the  village,  a  Franklin,  owned  by  S.  T. 
Jacobs.  It  was  painted  red  and  the  springs  were  none  too  good.  It 
had  a  door  in  the  rear  by  which  one  entered  lifting  up  the  seat  to  do  so. 
Ten  cents  a  ride  in  it  was  charged  for  the  benefit  of  a  church  social. 
Gretchen  Jacobs  McChesney  (Mrs.  Charles  McChesney)  was  the  first 
woman  in  Glen  Ellyn  to  drive  a  car.  The  writer  had  her  first  auto 
ride  in  this  one. 

Newton  and  Baethke  bought  out  Churchill  and  Newton  and  began  the 
present  company,  though  then  handling  lumber  and  grain.  It  operated 
in  the  plant  of  the  Alexander  Lumber  Company  which  bought  the 
business,  though  not  the  land  in  1924,  when  the  Newton-Baethke  Com- 
pany turned  to  oil  and  automobiles  and  built  the  first  filling  station  in 
the  village  on  their  present  site. 


86  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1903  In  the  old  days,  grain  was  a  big  business  and  if  you  notice  the  structure 
west  down  the  tracks,  you'll  see  that  there  really  is  a  little  elevator  and 
a  windmill  sort  of  edifice  there.  In  those  old  days,  they  used  to  unload 
cars  of  grain  by  wind  power,  and  sometimes  had  to  wait  several  days 
for  fortune  to  favor  them  with  enough  power  to  get  the  grain  elevated. 
One  car  load  of  bran,  Mr.  Baethke  remembers  with  special  vividness, 
took  days  to  get  transferred  from  the  car  to  the  bin.  Later  an  electric 
motor  was  installed,  getting  its  power  from  the  third  rail,  and  this  was 
almost  more  trouble  than  the  wind  because  of  the  unevenness  of  the 
current.  As  trucks  came  in  and  horses  went  out,  and  pastures  changed 
into  subdivisions,  the  major  business  shifted  from  grain  to  lumber  and 
coal. 

Big  hotel  leased  to  Ruskin  College,  a  socialist  institution  founded  in 
Ruskin,  Tennessee,  moved  to  Missouri,  and  then  to  Glen  Ellyn,  the 
latter  move  achieving  considerable  publicity,  for  no  interruption  was 
permitted  in  the  school  work,  classes  proceeding  on  the  train  en  route. 
George  M.  A.  Miller  was  president  and  Mrs.  Miller,  vice  president.  They 
tried  to  run  the  school  by  securing  donations  from  capitalists,  but  this 
policy  wrecked  the  institution,  caused  a  strike  among  the  students  who 
left  and  went  to  work,  and  finally  the  Millers  did  likewise. 

"Ruskin  Rays,"  a  bulletin  for  October,  1904,  loaned  for  examination  by 
Carolyn  Winnen  Scheve,  describes  the  scope  and  aims  of  "Ruskin  Univer- 
sity." It  is  liberally  illustrated  with  interesting  pictures  which  give  one 
the  idea  that  the  University  was  quite  an  extensive  institution,  and  cause 
one  to  wonder  why  it  left  no  deeper  trace  on  the  village's  appearance. 
Its  first  page  indicates  this  as  its  scope:  Ruskin  University,  Ruskin 
Sanitarium,  Ruskin  Industrial  Bank,  Ruskin  University  Press,  Ruskin 
Industrial  Guild,  and  Ruskin  Co-Operative  Association. 

It's  hard  to  see  how  all  of  this  could  have  vanished  completely  until 
one  looks  at  the  pictures.  There's  the  Ruskin  Business  College,  a  large 
building  housing  the  Ruskin  Bank  and  Ruskin  Co-Operative  Association, 
which  proves  to  be  nothing  more  nor  less  than  our  old  familiar,  the 
Ehlers  Building,  pulled  down  in  1926  to  make  way  for  the  Glen  Ellyn 
State  Bank  Building.  Then  there's  the  Ruskin  Novelty  Works  and 
Engineering  Laboratory,  behind  which  impressive  words  lurks  unmistak- 
ably the  old  Duane  Street  School,  now  the  Johansen  Real  Estate  office  on 
Crescent.  And  the  building  labelled  The  Ruskin  University  Press,  is 
perhaps  the  only  available  photograph  of  the  little  old  church  built  in 
1839,  which  came  down  from  Stacy's  Corners  to  serve  the  worshippers 
in  Danby  and  then  moved  round  on  Crescent  for  general  ultilitarian  pur- 
poses. 

The  purposes  of  the  school  were  laudable,  that  honest  toil  should  be 
mixed  in  with  scholastic  education,  that  young  people  learning  to  live 
should  not  forget  how  to  live.  But,  for  some  reason,  these  purposes 
didn't  take  with  the  public.  And  the  building  was  sold  to  Jacob  Winnen 
who  was  preparing  to  open  it  as  a  first  class  summer  hotel  when  it  was 
struck  by  lightning  and  burned  to  the  ground,  involving  its  owner  in  a 
loss  of  some  $25,000. 

Glen  Ellyn's  Burbank  was  Isaac  A.  Poole,  induced  by  the  president 
to  come  to  the  college  and  have  charge  of  the  botanical  work  and  pro- 
pagate his  plants.  He  lived  in  a  little  shack  connected  with  a  green 
house,  in  the  low  place  across  the  road  from  the  present  Kettlestring 
house,  682  Crescent.  He  lived  principally  on  charity,  he  was  taken  to 
the  county  farm  when  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alonzo  Ackerman  were  the  mana- 
gers. But  he  was  so  troublesome  there  that  he  was  permitted  to  go 
back  to  his  little  shack  where  he  lived  and  worked  till  his  death.  He 
claimed  to  have  antedated  some  cf  Burbank's  discoveries  and  he  did 
develop  a  beautiful  iris,  white  with  blue  border  and  a  tall  stem,  many 
bulbs  of  which  are  in  Glen  Ellyn  gardens. 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 87 

1903  Mary  Fenamore  Ackerman  bequeathed  the  Free  Methodist  Church 
$600,  to  be  held  so  long  as  the  church  continues  in  active  organization. 
By  investment,  this  sum  in  1928  had  grown  to  $18,000. 

The  Adelphos  Club  was  organized  with  the  following  members:  Eva 
Clare,  Jessie  Higley,  Ruth  Stubbings,  Louella  Patterson,  Birdie  Hanson, 
Fay  Hanson,  Ben  Hanson,  Floyd  Counts,  Earl  Rathbun,  Kenneth  Critch- 
field,  Minnie  Moulton,  Robert  Moulton,  Walter  Moulton,  Alexander  Grant, 
Alexander  Bailey,  Irene  Rathbun,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Luther  Hiatt. 

1904  First  electrical  shop  in  village  started  by  Clarence  Curtis  in  small 
building  on  present  site  of  Newton-Baethke  building,  which  Mr.  Hoadley 
had  previously  occupied  with  the  first  shoe  store  in  the  village.  Sharing 
the  space  with  Clarence  Curtis,  were  Robert  J.  Scott,  who  studied  law 
nights,  and  George  Nelson  with  his  surveying.  Later  the  building  came 
into  the  possession  of  John  LeMessurier  who  dispensed  real  estate  from 
it. 

There  was  a  Birthday  Club  with  Madame  Swan,  Mrs.  Oscar  Swan, 
Mrs.  Ellicott,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Jenkins,  Mrs.  Frank  Hassler  among  the 
members. 

Wooden  sidewalks  were  the  order  of  the  day. 

Alonzo  Ackerman,  Civil  War  veteran,  called  "Lon"  by  the  village  folks, 
was  a  noted  character.  He  wore  his  hair  in  long  curls  falling  over  his 
shoulders.  Annually  on  his  birthday  it  was  clipped,  the  occasion  being 
a  great  event.     (See  1882  for  his  portrait). 

A  bottling  house,  built  southeast  of  the  Springs,  which  bottled  and 
shipped  water  for  about  ten  years,  burned  down,  May  11. 

1905  August  31st,  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank  chartered,  with  the  first  officers: 
president,  O.  D.  Dodge;  vice  president,  E.  H.  McChesney;  cashier,  J.  D. 
McChesney  and  first  directors:  L.  C.  Cooper,  O.  D.  Dodge,  Acors  W. 
Rathbun,  E.  H.  McChesney  and  J.  D.  McChesney.  The  original  stock- 
holders were:  J.  D.  McChesney,  E.  H.  McChesney,  L.  C.  Cooper,  Boyd 
Brothers,  Amos  Churchill,  Alex.  Johnson,  W.  H.  Luther,  Dr.  Frank 
Johnson,  E.  G.  Feuerstein,  J.  S.  Dodge,  L.  R.  Newton,  Wm.  H.  Baethke, 
Pearl  Feuerstein,  Mrs.  E.  Feuerstein,  Sadie  McChesney,  Mattie  McChes- 
ney, Carrie  A.  Stacy,  and  J.  K.  Rathbun. 

The  first  newspaper,  "The  Glen  Ellyn  Echo,"  was  published  by  the 
Men's  Club  of  the  village  with  the  following  editorial  staff:  B.  B.  Cur- 
tis, "The  Folk  You  Know";  Mrs.  G.  M.  H.  Wagner,  the  woman's  de- 
partment; C.  L.  Moulton  and  C.  H.  Kerr,  village  improvement;  W.  S. 
Pierce,  Among  the  churches;  Walter  Sabin,  the  public  school,  and  A.  L. 
Hamilton  had  charge   of  the   advertising. 

Robert  Boyd  conducted  the  telephone  exchange  to  June  21st. 

E.  H.  McChesney  elected  village  president. 

1906  May  3rd,  the  big  summer  hotel  burned.  Details  are  from  the  Glen 
Ellyn  Enterprise,  May  3rd,  1906.  "Nine  o'clock,  Tuesday  morning, 
while  the  thunderstorm  was  at  its  height,  the  people  of  Glen  Ellyn  were 
suddenly  aroused  by  the  blowing  of  the  fire  whistle  and  the  report 
spreading  rapidly  through  the  town  that  the  Glen  Ellyn  Hotel  on  the 
shores  of  Lake  Ellyn  had  been  struck  by  lightning  and  was  on  fire. 
As  is  usual  at  this  hour,  the  larger  part  of  the  male  population  of  the 
village  had  gone  to  their  several  places  of  business  in  the  city  but  those 
remaining  immediately  hastened  to  the  scene  of  the  conflagration  and 
did  all  in  their  power  to  check  the  flames  and  save  as  much  of  the 
contents  of  the  building  as  possible. 


88  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

4 
1906  "The  fire  engine  was  hastily  loaded  into  McChesney  and  Geisler's  de- 
livery wagon  and  hurried  to  the  scene,  but  as  the  flames  had  already 
gained  such  headway  that  it  was  useless  to  contend  with  them,  all  hands 
turned  in  and  attempted  to  carry  out  furniture  and  other  personal 
property.  .  .  Meanwhile  hundreds  of  people  unmindful  of  the  pour- 
ing rain,  had  assembled  to  witness  the  scene.  The  electric  railway 
brought  large  numbers  from  both  Wheaton  and  Lombard,  and  several 
cars  were  stopped  and  held  at  Ruskin  Station  in  order  that  the  through 
passengers  might  view  the  sight.  Charles  McChesney  and  Will  Baethke 
were  struck  by  a  burning  plank  while  carrying  out  furniture  but  were 
not  seriously  injured.  In  less  than  two  hours  from  the  time  the 
building  was  struck,  with  the  exception  of  two  chimneys,  it  was  reduced 
to  a  bed  of  ashes  level  with  the  ground.  The  fire  was  discovered  by 
Conductor  Garrow,  of  the  North  Western  freight  No.  133,  who  told  Mr. 
Luther,  the  station  agent,  who  phoned  the  power  house.  As  the  building 
was  unoccupied,  there  was  no  loss  of  life,  but  the  insurance  had  just 
been  allowed  to  lapse  so  the  structure  was  a  total  loss.  Such  furniture 
as  was  saved,  was  hauled  to  Saunders'  Hall  and  stored  there  tempor- 
arily." 

Population,  1,500. 

"The  Glen  Ellyn  Enterprise"  started  by  Wade  Garfield,  a  young  lawyer 
recently  moved  to  town  with  his  bride  who  amazed  the  village  with  her 
Paris  gowns.     Miss  Stella  B.  Richards  was  assistant  editor. 

Suit  brought  to  recover  the  large  park  acreage  given  to  the  village 
by  the  Hotel  and  Spring  company  in  1890,  and  lost  through  failure  by 
village  authorities  for  fifteen  years  to  have  the  deed  recorded.  Hotel 
company  built  a  fence  around  the  park. 

Glen  Ellyn  taxes  amounted  to  $2,766.22. 

Saloon  license,   $1,000. 

Cement  walks  put  in. 


Main  Street^l906 

This  view  shows  Fleming's  Store,  the  first  building  on  the  left,  the 
only  store  saved  from  the  big  fire  in  1890.  It  stood  on  the  site  of  the 
present  DuPage  Trust  Building,  northwest  corner  of  Main  and  Crescent. 
It  was  built  by  Henry  Benjamin,  one  of  the  first  stores  built  in  Danby. 
The  postoffice  was  kept  in  it  by  Miles  Allen,  father  of  Georgia  Allen. 
This  view  also  shows  the  new  cement  walks. 


THE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 89 

1906  Dr.  C.  W.  Somerville,  first  dentist  in  village  began  his  practice  in  March 
in  a  room  upstairs  in  the  present  Junta  Building,  in  the  days  before 
plumbing,  and  when  stove  heat  was  the  rule.  Later  the  Wagners  re- 
modeled the  building  and  installed  plumbing.  Dr.  Lowell  was  asso- 
ciated with  Dr.  Somerville.  Succeeding  him,  came  Dr.  Barlow  and  in 
1915  Dr.  Somerville  and  Dr.  Barlow  moved  into  the  offices  in  the  old 
Ehlers  Hotel  or  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank  Building. 

The  district  east  of  Main  street  from  Hillside  to  Hill,  excepting  St. 
Mark's  site,  was  the  Phillips  field,  belonging  to  the  Phillips  estate,  where 
the  villagers  pastured  their  cows.  And  nearly  every  villager  kept  a  cow 
in  those  palmy  days. 

1907  Water  system  installed. 

October  11,  Glen  Ellyn  Volunteer  Fire  Company  organized  at  village 
hall  with  following  charter  members:  H.  J.  Blackburn,  chief;  Wm.  H. 
Baethke,  assistant  chief;  Clark  T.  Morse,  E.  F.  Adams,  Fred  A.  Stocking, 
Charles  H.  McChesney,  Jack  Baron,  Allan  A.  Myers,  Herman  Klug, 
Cloyd  Roush,  Robert  G.  Boyd,  Alfred  R.  Utt,  Martin  Schaus,  Elmer  F. 
Burdick,  Jesse  R.  Wagner,  G.  C.  Wagner,  A.  M.  Kelley,  Wm.  J.  Catlin, 
Wm.  H.  Spangler,  B.  C.  Dodge,  Clarence  C.  Parker,  Frank  M.  Wagner, 
members. 

Initial  equipment  consisted  of  one  chemical  copper  tank  of  sixty  gallon 
capacity,  one  hundred  feet  garden  hose  in  small  reel.  The  large  hose 
reel  was  purchased  October  25  for  $90  from  company  funds  and  the  hook 
and  ladder  wagon  in  November  for  $315.  The  village  board  donated 
500  feet  of  hose. 

The  company  always  has  been  supported  by  the  proceeds  of  the 
annual  Firemen's  Ball  on  New  Year's  Eve.  Much  equipment  has  been 
purchased,  a  pulmotor  added,  proper  apparatus  installed  in  halls, 
churches  and  schools  and  an  alarm  system  has  been  installed. 

First  Firemen's  Ball  on  New  Year's  Eve. 

Dickens'  Circle  organized  by  Mrs.  Sidney  Badger.  Membership 
limited  to  eighteen,  meetings  every  Monday  to  read  Dickens'  books. 
Novelist's  birthday,  February  7,  always  celebrated  by  trip  to  city. 

I.  O.  O.  F.  Danby  Lodge  re-organized  once  more. 

Postoffice  in  Boyd's  hardware  store.  Robert  Boyd  post  master  for 
fourteen  years. 

Walter  Sabin,  for  many  years  beloved  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
died  April  6th,   aged  seventy-seven  years. 

February  9th,  Saturday  afternoon  a  self  appointed  committee  of  ten 
women,  five  from  the  Study  Club  and  five  from  the  village  met  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Cora  V.  Higley  to  plan  for  a  library.  The  ten  were:  Mrs. 
Higley,  Miss  Kate  Sheldon  Treat,  president  of  the  Study  Club;  Mrs.  Ellis, 
Mrs.  Horace  Ford,  Mrs.  Frank  Hassler,  Mrs.  Howe,  Mrs.  LeRoy  Newton, 
Mrs.  White,  Mrs.  Oscar  Swan  and  Mrs.  Charles  Morse.  They  decided 
to  hold  teas  with  ten  cent  admission  fee,  and  ask  for  a  room  in  the 
Village  Hall. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Study  Club,  February  26,  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  O. 
D.  Dodge,  forty  books  for  the  library  were  brought  by  the  ladies. 

The  town  board  allowed  the  use  of  a  room  in  the  town  hall  and  Mr. 
Surkamer  cleaned  and  papered  it.  Meanwhile  the  first  tea  was  held  at 
Mrs.  Swan's,  and  Mrs.  John  Gieselman  (aunt  of  Mrs.  Frank  J.  Bogan) 
contributed  the  first  dollar  to  be  used.  There  were  twenty-seven  women 
present  and  $27.00  collected.    On  March  15,  a  tea  was  held  at  Mrs.  Brad 


90  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1907  Hill's,  and  Miss  Lindsey,  of  Evanston,  gave  a  talk  on  "How  to  Start  a 
Library."     This  gave  the  ladies  lots  of  practical  ideas. 

After  four  meetings  they  called  themselves  the  Glen  Ellyn  Library 
Association,  with  Mrs.  Higley  as  president,  Mrs.  Myra  E.  Nelson  as 
vice-president,  Mrs.  Horace  Ford  as  secretary  and  Mrs.  LeRoy  Newton 
as  treasurer.  They  drew  up  a  constitution  and  by-laws  and  presented 
them  and  their  plans  at  a  public  meeting  attended  by  forty  people  who 
signed  the  constitution.  People  pledged  25  cents  a  month  for  eighteen 
months.  The  first  board  of  directors  were:  Mrs.  Higley,  Mrs.  Nelson, 
Mrs.  Morse,  Mrs.  Somerville,  Mrs.  Ford,  Mrs.  Newton,  Mrs.  Hopper, 
Mrs.  Emma  Christie,  Mrs.  Hassler,  Mrs.  Calhoun. 

Richard  Henry  Little  talked  at  the  Congregational  Church,  and  the 
proceeds  were  turned  over  to  the  library.  The  teas  continued  to  raise 
money  and  soon  they  had  $100  to  spend  for  books,  in  addition  to  many 
books  that  had  been  given.  Mrs.  Horace  Ford  and  Miss  Treat  spent  three 
mornings  a  week  with  Miss  Bessie  Baldwin  of  Wheaton  learning  library 
work  so  they  could  prepare  the  books  for  circulation.  Early  in  May  the 
library  was  opened  to  the  public.  There  were  fifty-six  membership  cards, 
and  all  card  holders  over  twenty-one  could  vote  on  library  affairs.  Mrs. 
Annie  Richards  was  the  first  librarian  and  the  library  was  open  on 
Thursdays  and  Saturdays. 

Comfort  was  short-lived  however,  for  the  village  board  soon  informed 
the  ladies  they  must  have  that  room  back  again  by  the  first  of  the  year, 
so  ithe  women  rented  a  room  for  $7.00  a  month  over  Boyd's  (Patch's) 
store  and  moved  in  on  November  25th. 

Philo  Stacy  had  offered  $100  as  a  gift  on  condition  that  the  association 
raise  $400,  which  was  done  within  a  month.  This  $500  was  invested  in 
water  bonds  toward  a  building  fund.  It  was  now  felt  wise  to  take  out 
insurance  on  the  property  and  also  to  place  the  association  under  state 
laws,  so  July  23rd,  1907,  a  certificate  of  organization  was  granted  the 
association  by  the  State  of  Illinois. 

The  Gardner  Bridge  Road  (Hill  Ave.)  was  the  main  highway  to 
Chicago  and  the  villages  west.  The  Naperville  and  Warrenville  roads, 
running  southwesterly,  crossed  it  where  Western  would  cross  Hill.  Orig- 
inally the  Naperville  Road  crossed  at  Prospect,  but  as  every  villager  kept 
a  cow  and  the  creatures  ran  loose,  so  many  were  killed  that  the  overhead 
crossing  was  the  remedy.  Its  ruins  used  to  be  seen  down  Lorraine  Ave. 
toward  the  tracks.  The  quaint  story  is  that  this  was  abandoned  because 
the  engines  kept  getting  larger  and  larger  till  finally  the  smokestacks 
couldn't  go  under  the  bridge.  Jesse  Wagner,  however,  scouts  the  idea, 
and  declares  it  was  a  matter  of  contracts  and  agreements  between  the 
village  and  the  North  Western  which  vacated  the  overhead  crossing  in 
1907  and  opened  up  Prospect.  If  people  then  had  known  what  they  do 
now  about  automobile  traffic,  they  probably  would  not  have  so  lightly 
surrendered  their  wonderful  overhead  opportunity. 

1908  Glen  Oak  Country  Club  organized. 

The  women  of  Glen  Ellyn  voted  for  the  first  time.  The  Study  Club 
women  (Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club)  electioneered  and  sprang  a  surprise 
in  the  village  by  commandeering  all  the  vehicles  in  town  and  rounding 
up  every  woman  in  the  place.  They  were  at  the  station  at  5:30  A.  M. 
serving  coffee  and  doughnuts  to  early  commuters.  It  was  the  most  ex- 
citing election  for  schools  ever  held  in  the  village.  The  women  won  and 
elected  Charles  Hudson,  president  of  the  school  board. 

In  May,  the  library  rented  another  room,  using  two  and  paying  $15.00 
a  month  rent.     The  annual  dues  were  made  $1.00,  there  were  983  books 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 91 

1908  in  the  library  and  it  was  open  Monday,  Wednesday,  Thursday  and  Sat- 
urday. An  informal  reception  was  held  in  its  rooms  on  its  second 
anniversary.  On  Labor  Day  the  first  of  four  Library  carnivals  was 
given,  netting  $336. 

1909  Schools  thoroughly  overhauled  and  put  on  new  basis,  better  salaries 
paid  teachers  and  steps  taken  for  new  buildings. 

Hawthorne  school  built  (old  wing  of  present  school) 

New  Forest  Glen  School  built;  a  school  on  this  site  since  1841. 

February  16th,  Grace  Lutheran  Church  organized  at  the  W.  H.  Baethke 
home.  Rev.  E.  F.  Haertel,  pastor  of  Christ  Lutheran,  Chicago,  pre- 
sided and  preached  first  sermon  at  first  service,  Thursday  evening, 
February  25th.  Services  were  first  held  in  Odd  Fellows  Hall  in  old  Glen 
Ellyn  State  Bank  Building,  then  in  DuPage  Trust  auditorium  till  the 
high  school  needed  that,  then  in  Library  Hall  till  the  purchase  of  the 
former  Congregational  church  on  Main  and  Forest  in  1920. 

Fred  Oberschulte,  senior  student  of  Concordia  Seminary,  St.  Louis, 
served  as  pastor  in  August  1909.  In  January  1910,  Rev.  C.  H.  Kenreich 
became  permanent  pastor  for  six  years,  followed  by  Rev.  Carl  Schlaede, 
who  after  ten  years  resigned  to  become  U.  S.  Navy  chaplain.  Rev. 
Benjamin  Maurer  then  served  till  he  accepted  a  call  to  Milwaukee.  He 
was  succeeded  by  Rev.  H.  Mackensen,  497  Forest  Avenue,  present  pastor. 

Dr.  Ensminger  came  to  Glen  Ellyn. 

Dr.  Barlow  came  to  village  and  began  practice,  sharing  office  with 
Dr.  Somerville. 

Mrs.  Frank  Hassler  succeeded  Mrs.  Higley  as  president  of  the  library 
association  which  had  1,256  books  and  seventy-five  borrowing  cards. 

Wm.  H.  Harnden,  of  498  Hillside  Ave.,  started  in  as  janitor  at  the 
Duane  Street  School  and  served  there  until  1918.  Many  young  people 
of  that  era  recall  how,  when  they  verged  on  tardiness,  they  could  see 
him  peer  out  through  the  little  window  as  he  rang  the  last  bell.  If  he 
saw  the  youngsters  hurrying  along  he  kept  on  ringing  that  last  bell  till 
they  arrived  at  their  destination.  For  nobody  can  be  called  tardy  while 
the  last  bell  still  rings. 

Byron  Williams  elected  village  president. 

Prospect  Rebekah  Lodge,  No.  712,  formed  with  these  charter  members: 
Mark  Woods,  Thomas  Delves,  Walter  Johnson,  W.  J.  Monroe,  F.  Manning, 
John  J.  Acker,  Frank  Foulke,  H.  W.  Cole,  R.  O.  Ott,  Allen  Myers,  W.  F. 
Vallette,  Rollin  Smith,  L.  H.  Brown,  J.  L.  Collins,  F.  Surkamer,  Jr.,  F.  M. 
Wagner,  Christian  Kress,  Geo.  Assman,  J.  D.  McChesney,  H.  W.  Webster, 
Pearl  Webster,  Lilly  K.  Woods,  Minnie  Manning,  Etta  Brown,  Eliza 
Monroe,  Theresa  Delves,  Lucy  C.  Leineke,  Minnie  Kress,  Alta  Collins, 
Jessie  Acker,  Lucy  Surkamer,  Mina  Groeschell,  Grace  Smith,  Kate  Myers, 
W.  H.  Leineke,  Anna  Vallette,  Mattie  McChesney  and  Jane  Cole. 

THE  INTENSE  TEENS 

1910  Glen  Ellyn's  population,  1,713;  Milton  Township's  6,353. 

The  Glen  Ellyn  Dancing  Club  began  with  ten  couples,  meeting  once  a 
month,  discontinuing  only  a  couple  of  years  ago.  The  original  ten 
couples  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Acors  Rathbun,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  R.  Utt, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Berger,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  Stuart  Smith,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
LeRoy  Newton,   Mr.    and   Mrs.   Wm.   H.   Baethke,    Mr.    and   Mrs.   I.    A. 


92  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1910  Lesher,   Dr.   and  Mrs.   C.   W.  Somerville,   Mr.   and  Mrs.   D.   B.   Roberts, 
and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Wilson. 

Mrs.  Charles  Hopper  succeeded  Mrs.  Hassler  as  president  of  the 
Library  Association  and  served  for  thirteen  years  in  that  capacity.  She 
wrote  an  informal  letter  to  Andrew  Carnegie  asking  for  assistance  but 
received  no  reply. 

Mud  filled  the  streets,  which  were  much  lower  than  the  sidewalks, 
and  one  went  up  and  down  various  sets  of  steps  to  reach  the  different 
levels  in  front  of  the  stores  which  "with  a  baby  carriage  made  hard 
going."  The  horses  stood  knee  deep  in  mud  on  Main  Street  in  rainy 
weather,  their  heads  coming  nicely  above  the  sidewalk  level.  If  one 
wanted  to  cross  the  street,  one  didn't  skip  gaily  across  in  the  middle  of 
the  block;  one  went  up  to  the  corner  or  down  to  the  coiner  to  travel 
from  Utt's  drug  store  to  the  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank,  or  similar  distances. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Stanton  started  "Sittyton  Farm"  on  the  But- 
terfield  Road,  at  the  corner  of  Bryant  Avenue,  extended,  or  a  little  east 
of  Park  Boulevard.  The  farm  was  so  named  after  Sittyton,  the  home 
in  Scotland,  of  Amos  Cruikshank,  famous  breeder  of  thoroughbred 
shorthorn  cattle,  so  famous  that  he  is  called  "Scotland's  herdsman," 
whose  picture  now  hangs  in  the  Stanton  home.  Mr.  Cruikshank  shipped 
his  cattle  to  James  Davison,  Mrs.  Stanton's  grandfather  in  Canada,  who 
distributed  them  through  this  country.  Mr.  Stanton's  dream  was,  if 
ever  he  had  a  farm,  to  call  it  Sittyton  and  raise  shorthorn  cattle — which 
dream  he  has  realized.  The  highest  priced  yearling  shorthorn  heifer  ever 
sold  in  the  world  was  the  "Sittyton  Queen,"  born  on  the  Stanton  farm 
in  1916,  and  sold  in  the  Argentine  for  $35,000.  He  is  still  raising  these 
shorthorn  cattle,  having  now  about  sixty  head.  The  Sittyton  Riding 
Academy  was  started  in  1924,  and  at  nearly  any  hour  of  every  day, 
you  see  riders  cantering  over  the  roads  in  the  neighborhood,  enjoying 
fresh  air  and  the  inimitable  exercise  of  horseback  riding. 

George  Ball  started  his  greenhouse  business  here  with  one  small 
house,  200  by  27  in  dimension.  He  is  now  a  wholesale  florist  with  seven 
large  modern  greenhouses  at  his  plant,  331  Hawthorne,  and  seven  more 
in  West  Chicago.  He  specializes  in  calendulas  and  sweet  peas.  He  has 
originated  the  real  modern  calendula,  characterized  by  longer  stem  and 
larger  flower,  used  all  over  the  world.  He  has  also  orginated  varieties 
of  sweet  peas,  a  yellow  one,  the  "Ball  Orange"  and  a  brilliant  dark  rose 
one,  called  the  "Ball  Rose."  Also,  he  is  the  author  of  a  book  on  flower 
culture  called  "Growing  Sweet  Peas." 

First  Evangelical  church  organized,  meeting  in  the  DuPage  Trust 
building,  called  St.  James'  Evangelical  Church.  Rev.  F.  Krohne,  of 
Chicago,  organizer  and  first  minister. 

Bought  former  M.  E.  Church  on  Hillside  Avenue,  west  of  Main  in  1913. 

"First  Evangelical  Church  of  Glen  Ellyn,"  chosen  as  name  in  1925, 
Rev.  Theodore  Holtorf,  478  Phillips  Avenue,  pastor. 

Study  Club  entered  state  federation  levied  a  fine  of  five  cents  for 
absence  from  meetings,  and  started  the  "Travel  Class"  under  Mrs. 
Hopper  and  the  "Literature  and  the  Arts  Class"  under  Mrs.  Jean  My- 
tinger. 

Members  of  the  Glen  Oak  Country  Club  living  in  Glen  Ellyn,  were: 
Elmer  F.  Adams,  F.  D.  Abbott,  Wm.  H.  Baethke,  Geo.  W.  Beeler,  Lee 
Lothrop  Brown,  Glen  A.  Bowstead,  H.  G.  Bowstead,  Joseph  Cummins, 
F.  W.  Dibble,  L.  A.  Farr,  Wm.  Grimshaw,  J.  A.  Lesher,  Herbert  Lane, 
Dan  Norman,  George  M.  Nicoll,  R.  W.  Newton,  A.  W.  Palmer,  Wm.  F. 


TEE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  93 

1910  Pelham,  J.  C.  Pratt,  Frank  E.  Rose,  D.  B.  Roberts,  T.  Stuart  Smith, 
Harry  Scull,  Wm.  H.  Wilson,  T.  R.  Wood,  H.  R.  Warden,  Miss  Pearl  A. 
Somerville,  Jas.  H.  Furman,  Dr.  Frank  Johnson,  LeRoy  A.  Newton 
and  P.  C.  Hurd. 

Otto  and  Herman  Miller  started  the  Glen  Ellyn  Auto  Co.,  pioneer  auto 
establishment.  They  began  in  an  ice  house,  on  Crescent,  next  door  to 
the  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank.  "It  would  only  hold  one  car,"  said  Otto 
Miller,  "but  we  did  most  of  our  work  outside  under  a  tree.  There 
were  only  four  cars  in  town  then,  the  Jacobs',  the  Furman's,  the  Howe's 
and  Dr.  Phillips',  but  there  was  enough  to  do  to  keep  us  busy.  We  had 
to  tow  them  in  with  horses,  but  they  never  got  far  those  days,  only 
about  half  way  to  Naperville,  or  out  to  the  Great  Western  tracks." 
They  were  agents  at  first  for  the  Maxwell  cars.  From  four  cars  in  1910 
the  number  jumped  to  1,609  in  1928,  that  many  licenses  being  issued  by 
the  village. 

1911  The  Study  Club  got  up  a  petition  to  abolish  the  saloon.  Most  of  the 
village  folk  signed  it,  though  some  predicted  a  terrible  calamity  for  the 
village  to  have  it  discontinued. 

February  14th,  the  saloon  doors  closed  officially. 

February  14,  Delevan  Street  was  changed  to  Crescent  Blvd. 

Sewage  system  installed  at  cost  of  $145,000;  present  cost  is  three 
times  that  sum. 

April  14th,  Chief  H.  J.  Blackburn  and  Cloid  Roush  killed  in  automobile 
accident.    In  May,  W.  H.  Baethke  appointed  fire  chief. 

July  2  was  dedicated  the  great  statue  of  Indian  Chief  Black  Hawk, 
forty-eight  feet  high,  on  a  bluff  250  feet  above  the  Rock  River.  This 
is  the  highest  point  in  the  Rock  valley.  The  statue  is  the  work  of 
Lorado  Taft,  took  four  years  to  make,  has  Black  Hawk's  face,  but  is 
in  general  typical  of  the  vanishing  red  man.  It  is  built  of  concrete 
and  is  expected  to  last  forever  as  a  monument  to  the  Indians  who  once 
lived  all  over  our  country.  The  statue  is  at  the  edge  of  Eagle  Nest 
Camp,  the  summer  home  of  many  artists  and  writers.  Some  200 
Chicagoans  went  down  to  the  dedication,  as  guests  of  Mr.  Taft,  Wal- 
lace Heckman  and  Frank  O.  Lowden.  Elia  W.  Peattie  read  an  original 
poem  on  "The  Pine  Forest,"  Edgar  A.  Bancroft  paid  a  tribute  to  the 
Indian  Red  Man,  Hamlin  Garland  read  a  poem  on  "The  Trail-Makers," 
and  responses  were  given  by  Dr.  Charles  Eastman,  a  Sioux  Chiyesa,  and 
Miss  Laura  M.  Cornelius,  an  Oneida-Iroquois.  Just  a  short  distance 
north  of  Oregon  looms  this  great  statue  which  we  all  of  us  enjoy  when 
we  take  the  Rock  River  drive. 

Study  Club  dropped  its  membership  limitation  of  thirty. 

Boy  Scouts  organized. 

Sam  Austin,  who  then  lived  at  503  Hillside  Avenue,  went  to  Ralph 
B.  Treadway  and  said  he  and  some  other  boys  wanted  to  take  up  the 
Scout  work  and  asked  him  to  become  their  Scoutmaster.  Peter  Bach- 
mann  was  afterwards  Assistant  Scoutmaster. 

Records  show  that  on  August  27,  1911,  the  Eagle  Patrol  comprised 
the  following:  Sam  Austin,  Melville  Smith,  Chester  Woods,  Richard 
Hoadley,  Alva  Pelham,  Carleton  Howe,  Isadore  Sersefsky,  Joseph  Moul- 
ton,  Clarence  Kendall  and  Olin  Dibble,  and  on  same  date  the  Wolf  Patrol 
had  as  members:  Frank  Hassler,  Lloyd  Myers,  John  Foster,  John  Spald- 
ing, Harold  Myers,  Cleon  Monroe,  Lester  LeMessurier,  Ivan  Surkamer, 
Alba  Spalding  and  Walter  Cadman;  that  afterwards,  Walter  Ludeke  was 


94  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1911  assigned  to  Wolf  Patrol  and  Harry  Kelley  to  Eagle  Patrol.  There  was 
also  a  Recruit  Patrol,  which  included  Russell  Carr,  Thomas  Dalton, 
Martin  Morrison,  Carl  Dow,  Glenn  Tellefsen,  Harry  Addie,  Franklin  Rowe 
and  Alfred  Carlson.  The  record  also  shows  the  following  but  not  their 
assignment,  John  Binger,  Wilbur  Johnson,  Hubert  Bogan,  Henry  Hul- 
bert,  Harold  Utermark,  George  Freeto,  George  Johnson,  Leonard 
Llewellyn  and  Frank  Achterfeld.  This  Scout  organization  lasted  about 
two  years,  then  disbanded. 

The  Library  Association  purchased  the  old  Nickerson  house  on  Penn- 
sylvania, just  east  of  Main,  the  women  cleaned  it  up  themselves  and 
moved  into  it  in  time  to  celebrate  the  library's  fifth  anniversary  on 
May  11th,  in  its  own  home.  The  moving  was  an  informal  affair,  Clar- 
ence Kendall  and  Owen  Dibble  helping  with  their  express  wagons  after 
school.  The  library  possessed  1,750  books,  seventy-five  borrowers  and  a 
circulation  of  4,287.  The  women  of  the  village  worked  very  hard,  doing 
all  sorts  of  cleaning  and  decorating.  Miss  Harmon  furnished  the  furnace 
for  the  house.  "It  was  Miss  Harmon's  cash  that  kept  us  going,"  de- 
clared Mrs.  C.  W.  Somerville.  In  March  an  official  letter  was  sent  to  Mr. 
Carnegie  and  the  reply  came  that  if  the  village  would  supply  one-tenth 
of  the  sum  given  by  Mr.  Carnegie  for  the  maintenance  of  the  library  and 
the  site  be  fully  owned,  help  would  be  forthcoming.  Immediately  the 
women  began  their  agitation  in  the  village  for  a  two  mill  tax  for  the 
support  of  a  free  public  library  in  the  village. 

Patch  Bros,  bought  out  Boyd  Bros,  and  continued  their  hardware 
business. 

DuPage  County  State  Bank  (now  DuPage  Trust  Co.)  organized  No- 
vember 25,  with  capitalization  of  $25,000  and  surplus  of  $2,500.  First 
meeting  held  December  2,  at  the  home  of  William  H.  Hall,  722  Hillside 
Avenue.  First  directors  were:  Frederick  Bruegger,  Allan  H.  Fairbank, 
Jas.  H.  Furman,  Wm.  F.  Jensen,  Wm.  H.  Hall,  Dan  Norman,  Thaddeus 
P.  D.  Payne,  Jas.  E.  Simons,  Thomas  Stanton,  Wm.  L.  Lerch  and  Eugene 
C.  Hall.  The  first  officers  were:  president,  Wm.  H.  Hall;  vice  president, 
Dan  Norman;  cashier,  Frank  J.  Bogan;  assistant  cashier,  Jas.  W. 
Vallentyne. 

Mr.  IBogan  recalls  with  amusement  how,  in  those  early  days  of 
cashiering,  he  had  to  arrive  early  to  sweep  out,  and  was  obliged  to 
lock  up  the  bank's  doors,  while  he  went  downstairs  to  fix  the  furnace. 

DuPage  Trust  Building  erected,  just  two  stories  high  at  the  time. 

1912  October  23,  Glen  Ellyn  Lodge  No.  950  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  was  organizea 
with  a  membership  of  fifty-eight,  and  the  following  were  the  first 
officers:  Worshipful  Master,  Herbert  Lane;  Senior  Warden,  Acors  Rath- 
bun;  Junior  Warden,  Lawrence  V.  Calhoun;  Treasurer,  Charles  F.  Nagl; 
Secretary,  John  LeMessurier;  Chaplin,  Frank  Roderus;  Senior  Deacon, 
Karl  C.  Loehr;  Junior  Deacon,  Walter  P.  Conyers;  Senior  Steward, 
Harold  Rossiter;  Junior  Steward,  Edgar  H.  McChesney;  Tyler,  Thomas 
J.  Delves.  They  met  in  the  Odd  Fellows  Hall  above  the  Glen  Ellyn 
State  Bank,  until  obliged  to  move  because  of  the  dismantling  of  the  old 
Ehlers  Building.     Douglas  B.  Robertson,  first  new  initiate. 

Gas  and  electric  light  franchise  granted  for  twenty-  five  years. 

Study  Club's  name  changed  to  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  which  joined 
the  Eleventh  District. 

August  19th,  Boosters  Club  organized. 

February  19th,  Georgia  Allen,  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools  for  forty 
years,  died,  aged  sixty-three  years. 


THE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  95 

1912       Daughters  of  Columbia  organized,  Mrs.  Matilda  Merz  first  president. 

Movies  of  the  Black  Hawk  War  made  in  Glen  Ellyn  down  by  the  lake. 
A  considerable  company  of  actors,  actresses,  Indians  and  frontiersmen, 
with  the  covered  wagons,  horses  and  all,  were  here  several  weeks.  We 
used  to  go  down  to  the  lake  afternoons  to  watch  them  act.  The  wagons 
pulled  by  four  horses  which  would  wade  and  struggle  through  the  water 
of  the  lake  and  pull  up  the  steep  bank  of  Honeysuckle  hill,  the  Indians 


Main  Street — looking  north 

on  their  ponies  whooping  and  yelling  in  full  chase,  the  water  splashing 
up  over  their  splendid  Indian  costumes  (though  the  Indians  were  make- 
believes,  they  were  very  realistic),  the  women  in  sunbonnets  and 
homespun  holding  on  to  their  seats  in  the  wagon  for  dear  life. 

It  was  all  very  interesting  and  exciting,  and  quite  fitting  that  the  pic- 
ture should  have  Glen  Ellyn  scenery  for  a  setting,  not  only  because 
Black  Hawk  had  been  here  many  times,  but  because  this  place  resembles 
his  own  country,  the  Rock  River  region.  The  film  was  shown  here  to 
crowded  houses.  This  was  in  the  days  when  movies  were  quite  new  and 
when  the  little  lake  was  surrounded  by  a  tangle  of  undergrowth,  there 
was  lake  where  the  athletic  field  now  lies,  and  Honeysuckle  Hill,  a  laby- 
rinth of  bushes  and  trees,  rose  steeply  from  the  water's  edge,  uncrowned 
by  any  high  school. 

October  13  and  14,  the  First  Congregational  Church  held  services  cele- 
brating its  fiftieth  anniversary  in  its  building  at  Forest  and  Pennsylvania 
(now  the  Grace  Lutheran  home),  William  Roscoe  Kedzie  was  the 
minister.  In  the  morning  there  were  addresses  by  Rev.  J.  C.  Armstrong 
and  Rev.  Charles  Caverno;  a  quartet,  Messrs  Lang,  Blackwell,  Kopp  and 
Watson,  sang  "It  is  the  Lord's  Own  Day,"  and  another  of  Mrs.  Pulse, 
Mrs.  Dean,  Mr.  Lang  and  Mr.  Kopp,  sang  "Lead  Kindly  Light,"  and  W. 
Harold  Simons  played  the  offertory.  In  the  evening,  there  were  ad- 
dresses by  Rev.  J.  W.  Valentyne,  and  Dr.  Wm.  E.  Barton,  with  music  by 
a  quintet,  composed  of  Mrs.  Rose,  Miss  Gordon,  Mrs.  Abell,  Mr.  Gordon 
and  Mr.  Watson,  and  at  both  services  solos  by  E.  J.  Gold. 

The  officers  of  the  church  at  that  time  were:  clerk,  P.  A.  Bolander; 
treasurer,  K.  C.  Loehr;  trustees,  B.  B.  Curtis,  G.  F.  Scott,  C.  H.  McChes- 
ney,  Dan  Norman,  T.  A.  Hoadley;  deacons,  A.  Churchill,  R.  L.  Rogers, 
A.  Whitney,  F.  M.  Wagner;  Sunday  School:  superintendent,  G.  G.  Nelson; 
secretary,  Ruth  Boyd;  Christian  Endeavor:  president,  R.  J.  Scott,  secre- 


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1912  tary,  Ruth  Boyd;  Men's  Club  president,  W.  W.  Reed;  Ladies'  Aid  presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Jackson  Wagner;  Ladies'  Sewing  Circle  president.Mrs.  G.  M. 
Kendall;   Ladies'   Missionary  Society  president,   Mrs.   J.   W.  Vallentyne. 

April,  the  two  mill  tax  for  the  library  was  voted  on  and  carried  in  a 
very  exciting  election.  Mr.  Carnegie  promised  $8,000  if  the  village 
would  provide  $800  for  maintenance  during  the  year.  The  present 
corner  at  Park  and  Crescent  was  chosen.  It  belonged  then  to  Wm. 
Grimshaw,  and  once  held  the  old  Arnold  home  where  Mrs.  Thomas  Hoad- 
ley,  Mrs.  Ballou  and  Miss  Arnold  were  born.  The  old  house  on  Penn- 
sylvania was  given  as  part  payment. 

George  Awsumb  was  chosen  as  architect.  Then  it  was  discovered 
they  needed  $10,000  to  build,  so  Mrs.  Hopper  made  a  trip  to  New  York  to 
see  Mr.  Carnegie,  but  found  he  had  gone  to  Scotland;  then  Mr.  Furman 
made  a  trip  and  succeded  in  getting  the  larger  appropriation.  The 
first  library  board  elected  by  the  village  consisted  of  Mrs.  Charles 
B.  Hopper,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Smith,  Miss  Kate  Treat,  Arthur  Gamon,  James 
Furman  and  Mr.  Wagner. 

A  Glen  Ellyn  orchestra,  composed  of  Harvey  Higley,  Irene  Baethke 
and  the  Misses  Sutherland,  with  Charlotte  Johnson  as  accompanist,  under 
the  leadership  of  L.  J.  Thiele,  did  good  work  in  the  community. 

The  W.  C.  T.  U.  which,  under  the  leadership  of  "Grandma  Lloyd"  had 
been  active  until  the  saloon  was  driven  out  of  the  village,  then  lapsed, 
but  was  revived  again  in  1912.  A  group  of  women  met  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  T.  B.  Arnold,  who  lived  at  the  edge  of  the  Free  Methodist  Camp 
Ground,  now  Wrightwood,  and  spent  the  afternoon  in  the  grove — which 
was  then  one  of  Glen  Ellyn's  loveliest  spots.  Mrs.  C.  J.  Richardson  was 
elected  president;  Mrs.  Alexander  Spears,  treasurer  and  Mrs.  H.  T.  Fitz- 
simons,  secretary.  Mrs.  Wm.  Monroe  was  very  active  and  the  monthly 
meetings  thereafter  were  held  at  her  home  on  Pennsylvania  Avenue. 
Mrs.  James  Gordon,  was  also  very  active,  and  has  continued  her  interest 
to  the  present.  Many  large  socials  were  held  at  the  Gordon  home  on 
Pennsylvania.  Others  who  were  active  were  Mrs.  J.  D.  McChesney,  Mrs. 
Merre,  Mrs.  Olmstead,  Mrs.  Nelson,  daughter  of  Grandma  Lloyd  and 
mother  of  George  Nelson,  and  Mrs.  O.  G.  Christgau. 

The  Harmony  Club  had  club  rooms  on  Crescent  where  the  Palace  Meat 
Market  now  holds  forth.  There  the  club  had  a  gymnasium  and  card 
tables  and  its  members  enjoyed  themselves  immensely.  Once  a  month, 
they  had  a  ladies'  night  with  a  dance  given  in  Odd  Fellows  Hall  "and 
how  they  would  dance,"  exclaimed  one  of  the  ladies.  Among  the  mem- 
bers were  Jesse  Wagner,  Harry  and  Billy  Achterfeld,  Jack  Baron,  Rollin 
T.  Smith,  Wm.  Vallette,  Allen  Myers,  C.  J.  Richardson,  Fred  Surkamer, 
Ed.  Chatterton,  Ben  Wagner  and  Wm.  Nadelhoffer. 

Forest  Glen  P.  T.  A.,  first  in  the  community  started  by  M.  W.  Hol- 
linger,  then  teaching  at  Forest  Glen,  in  pursuance  of  his  idea  that  the 
schools  should  have  wider  use  by  the  public,  instead  of  limiting  them 
to  the  few  hours  devoted  to  actual  school  work  by  the  children.  He 
started  a  class  for  boys  and  girls  in  high  school  work,  trying  to  interest 
the  villagers  in  the  high  school  idea.  President  Simons,  of  the  village 
board,  looked  up  the  possibility  of  using  a  room  upstairs  in  the  village 
hall,  but  no  definite  action  was  taken  at  the  time. 

The  late  Mrs,  Thomas  Dalton  was  first  chairman  of  the  Forest  Glen 
P.  T.  A.,  and  it  has  continued  since  its  organization  without  interruption 
except  for  one  session  missed  during  the  war. 

The  panaroma  picture  of  Glen  Ellyn  was  taken  (a  copy  of  which  may 
be  seen  in  Wm.  H.  Baethke's  office.)     The  camera  was  mounted  on  a  kite 


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1912  and  the  photographer  waited  for  days  to  have  the  right  weather  condi- 
tions.    This  was  an  exciting  time  in  the  village. 

Dr.  John  Thompson,  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Temple  at  Clark  and 
Washington,  who  lived  in  the  village  for  some  years,  built  the  house  at 
377  Park  Blvd.,  occupied  by  the  Charles  Ottos,  and  made  his  home  there. 

1913  Population  2,000. 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church  on  Hillside  sold  to  Evangelical  Church. 

December  28th,  present  M.  E.  church,  corner  of  Duane  and  Forest, 
dedicated,  with  Aubrey  Moore  as  pastor,  and  Dr.  John  Thompson,  now 
pastor  of  the  Chicago  Temple,  then  living  in  Glen  Ellyn,  taking  active 
part  in  the  building  project. 

There  were  three  public  schools,  Duane,  Forest  Glen  and  Hawthorne. 

Parcel  Post  came  to  town. 

Joseph  R.  Smith  elected  village  president.     Passed  away  May  1927. 

October  21st,   Park  district  voted  down. 

O.  G.  Christgau,  editor  of  "The  Glen  Ellyan." 

Dr.  Ira  L.  Baughman  began  to  practice  dentistry  in  the  village.. 

Glen  Ellyn  acquired  its  first  taxi,  a  Holliday,  run  by  the  Nadelhoffers. 
Later  a  Ford  was  added  to  the  taxi  service. 

Sol  Bluefarb  bought  out  a  tailor  who  had  been  here  for  about  a  year, 
and  has  continued  in  the  business  since  that  time. 

1914  Walter  A.  Rogers  bought  his  farm  "Warwood,"  300  acres  on  both  sides 
of  the  Joliet  Road,  south  of  the  Butterfield  Road,  from  Mr.  Chism  and 
Mr.  Mitchell.  Mr.  Chism's  hobby  had  been  race  horses  and  at  one  time, 
Maud  S,  the  famous  racer,  had  lived  in  the  horse  barn  which  still 
stands  of  the  west  side  of  the  road.  The  farm  house  on  the  east  side 
of  the  road  is  probably  eighty  years  old.  Once  a  family  named  Par- 
sons lived  in  this  house  and  the  story  is  told  that  one  day  Mrs.  Parsons 
heard  the  Indians  were  coming.  Carrying  one  of  her  two  children  she 
walked  to  Naperville,  with  its  fort,  to  seek  protection. 


Glen  Ellyn's  Carnegie  Library  with  the  Arnold's  old  apple  tree 
in  front  of  it 


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1914  The  corner  where  the  Bonaparte  school  stands  is  one  of  the  high 
points  of  land  around  here.  Two  different  tribes  of  Indians  named  it: 
one's  name  meaning,  "I  see  all,"  and  the  other  meaning,  "The  beautiful." 

September  14,  the  new  Carnegie  Free  Public  Library  building  opened 
to  the  public.     Miss  Barr,  librarian. 

Simons  Studio  started. 

Woman's  Club  raised  funds  to  furnish  Library  Hall. 

Paving  of  streets  begun,  with  Main  street  moving  out  of  the  mud  first. 

Newton-Baethke  Company,  incorporated. 

November  1st,  first  moving  picture  theater  built  at  481  Main  Street,  by 
T.  Stuart  Smith,  George  Awsumb,  architect.  Now  the  home  of  the 
Gas  and  Electric  Company,  and  the  R.  V.  Spalding  organization. 

1915  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  with  seventy-six  members,  joined  the  General 
Federation.     Mrs.  Hopper  organized  the  "Civics  Class." 

James  E.  Simons  elected  village  president. 

September  15,  at  a  meeting  in  Glen  Ellyn  a  local  high  school  was 
decided  upon,  and  Arthur  Holtzman  and  Miss  Erin  McMechan  started 
right  in  on  their  faculty  duties,  and  carried  on  through  this  first  year. 

October,  Glen  Ellyn  High  School  organized  as  a  two  year  high  school 
under  the  direction  of  the  superintendent  of  the  grammar  schools. 

December  27th,  the  High  School  District  was  created.  The  first  board 
elected  were:  L.  J.  Thiele,  president;  Mrs.  R.  B.  Treadway,  Mrs.  Calvin 
Berger,  Sidney  Badger,  Dan  Norman,  B.  B.  Curtis  and  W.  W.  Reed. 

The  next  faculty  included  A.  M.  Holtzman,  principal;  Miss  Erin  Mc- 
Mechan, Miss  Helen  Hicks,  Miss  Nina  Parsons,  Miss  Madeline  Sadler  and 
W.   L.   Taylor. 

A  third  floor  was  added  to  the  DuPage  County  Bank  Building  and 
school  sessions  were  held   there. 

Glen  Ellyn  High  School  placed  under  the  township  high  school  act  of 
1911,  made  a  four  year  school  and  recognized  by  the  state  department. 

World  War  looms  on  horizon. 

There  were  566  telephones  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

The  first  dollar  given  to  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  for  a  clubhouse 
by  Ada  Douglas  Harmon. 

Glen  Ellyn  Musical  Club  organized  by  L.  J.  Thiele  and  Rev.  James 
Vallentyne  gave  several  good  concerts  before  disbanding  in  war  time. 
It  had  also  fostered  music  in  the  public  schools.  After  the  war,  an 
informal  chorus  was  organized,  led  by  August  Steinberg,  and  a  woman's 
chorus,  led  by  Leslie  Allen.  Also,  a  band  was  formed  and  uniformed, 
which  gave  several  concerts  through  several  winters  and  summers. 

The  official  village  ordinance  date  on  the  first  paving  in  Glen  Ellyn 
is  October  15,  1915,  the  date  of  the  first  assessments  for  sections  of 
Pennsylvania  Avenue,  Main  Street  and  Crescent  Blvd. 

The  opening  of  the  paving  on  Pennsylvania,  which  came  first,  was  an 
event  of  first  magnitude,  and  people,  wheeling  baby  carriages,  walked 
over  to  look  at  the  shining  stretch  of  concrete,  getting  a  big  thrill  out 
of  the  sight.  The  street  had  been  torn  up  for  months,  practically  im- 
passable. The  laborers  came  to  the  Carl  J.  Richardson's  pump  on  Duane 
Street  for  water  to  use  in  the  mixing,  carrying  it  for  blocks  in  pails. 

The  1928  season  closes  with  forty  miles  of  paving  in  the  village. 

1916  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  abolished  ten  cent  fines  for  non-attendance 
and  Rosalie  M.  McKay  became  head  of  the  "Music  Department." 


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1916  The  Boy  Scout  movement  stirred  again  and  Mr.  Orrell  helped  organize 
and  took  charge  of  a  second  Scout  group  in  October,  the  meetings 
being  held  in  the  basement  of  the  Methodist  church.  Among  the 
organizing   boys  were   Robert  Patch,   Earl  Wright,   Leonard   Cole   and 

Chesterfield  Heme.  That  year  business  took  Mr.  Orrell  from  the  village 
and  Dr.  Ensminger  took  the  leadership  of  the  boys  and  continued  it 
till  after  the  war,  when  the  Scout  movement  developed  into  its  modern 
form  of  several  troops  and  Scoutmasters.  Among  the  boys  in  this 
second  Scout  activity,  besides  the  four  mentioned  above,  were:  Alec 
Allen,  Thomas  Allen,  Robert  Thiele,  Clarence  Cole,  Norman  Elsy,  Stanley 
Elsy,  Jack  Young,  Frank  Michel,  Charles  Davis,  Vernon  Mertz,  Harold 
Degenhardt,  Robert  Spears,  Wesley  Kidd,  Lancelot  McGough,  Lawrence 

Calhoun,  Robert  Calhoun,  Clyde  Newcomb,  Russell  De  Castongrin,  Walter 

Catlin,  Lawrence  Rogers,  Charles  Hudson,  Alden  Fork,   Martin  Collins, 

Robert  Johansen,  John  Moloney,  and  Jack  Kinner. 

Office  of  the  village  forester  created  on  July  11  by  ordinance.  Dr. 
Frank  Johnson  has  served  since  that  date,  rising  very  early  nearly  every 
morning  to  look  over  his  trees  before  going  into  Chicago  for  the  day. 
Along  Duane,  Park,  Hillside  and  many  other  streets  are  to  be  found 
flourishing  young  trees,  elms,  red  maples  and  other  hardy  varieties 
which  he  has  planted  and  is  taking  personal  care  of,  so  they  may  take 
the  place  of  the  short-lived,  quick-growing  trees  that  line  these  streets. 
Dr.  Johnson's  memory  will  be  kept  alive  for  countless  years  through  the 
countless  trees  he  has  grown  for  the  village. 

THE  WORLD  WAR 

1917  The  people  of  Glen  Ellyn,  Danby's  grown-up  child,  put  their  shoulders 
once  more  to  the  wheel  and  worked  during  the  World  War  with  eager 
patriotism,  though  not  with  such  poignant  pain  as  had  animated  their 
forerunners  during  the  Civil  War. 

For  though  Glen  Ellyn  sent  many  sons  to  battle,  166,  all  of  them 
but  one,  Capt.  Paul  Conyers  Deily,  came  home  to  her.  He  was  instantly 
killed  by  shell  fire  on  October  3,  1918,  while  forming  his  Co.  K  of  the 
9th  Infantry,  preparatory  to  an  attack  on  Blanc  Mont  Ridge,  France. 
He  had  been  cited  seven  times  for  extreme  gallantry  in  action.  His  is 
gold  star,  No.  44  on  the  Glen  Ellyn  service  flag. 

The  other  gold  star,  No.  27,  belongs  to  Major  Robert  E.  Brooks,  a  re- 
tired army  officer  who  had  been  called  back  to  recruiting  duty  in  the 
war  emergency.  He  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  to  live  and  met  death  acci- 
dentally on  the  electric  railroad  at  Elmhurst  soon  afterwards.  He  was 
buried  in  West  Chicago  with  military  and  Masonic  honors. 

Those  who  were  wounded  in  service  and  whose  names  are  represented 
by  silver  stars  on  the  service  flag  are:  Leslie  Robey  in  Belleau  Woods, 
1918;  Wesley  H.  Surkamer,  in  Belleau  Woods,  1918;  Robert  J.  Lang  and 
Sergt.  E.  K.  Chapin,  marines,  1918;  Frank  Newton,  Charles  Binger, 
Andrew  Ingram,  Sergt.  Fay  H.  Sutherland,  Vernon  R.  Miller  and 
Frank  Sittler. 

The  service  flag  was  presented  to  the  village  by  the  Civics  Department 
of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  on  March  3,  1918,  at  that  time  bearing 
sixty-eight  names,  now  166,  from  the  little  village  of  2,500  people.  Mrs. 
J.  C.  Knapp  was  chairman  of  the  Civics  Department,  and  a  committee, 
Mrs.  M.  J.  Milmoe,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Hopper  and  Mrs.  A.  R.  Utt,  made  the 
flag  and  sewed  on  the  stars,  numbering  them  and  assigning  a  definite  one 
to  each  man.  These  stars  were  changed  to  keep  up  with  changing 
conditions.  The  blue  stars  belong  to  the  men  who  served  in  this  country 
the  red  to  those  who  went  overseas,  the  silver  to  those  who  were  wounded 
and  two  gold  ones  to  the  two  who  lost  their  lives. 

The  service  flag  was  kept  flying  till  the  Armistice  was  signed,  and  it 


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1917  is  now  preserved  and  also  a  chart,  in  the  vault  in  the  Glen  Ellyn  Library, 
which  gives  a  key  to  each  star  and  its  owner. 

Besides  the  men  in  active  service  and  the  Home  Guards,  there  were 
many  citizens  engaged  in  war  work  as  zestfully  as  though  they  were  in 
uniforms  and  regiments. 

There  were  the  Red  Cross  workers.  Before  a  Red  Cross  unit  was 
formed  after  the  war  began,  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Hopper  had  groups  of 
women  meeting  at  her  home  on  Hillside  Avenue  making  hospital  gar- 
ments and  learning  to  knit.  A  class  in  surgical  dressing  was  formed 
with  Mrs.  Hopper  as  instructor,  which  met  at  the  library.  A  First  Aid 
class  was  formed,  meeting  at  the  Methodist  church  with  Dr.  Ensminger 
as  instructor. 

The  Red  Cross  Auxiliary  was  formed  June  8th,  1917,  and  a  shop  was 
opened  on  Main  Street  in  the  DuPage  Trust  Building,  now  occupied  by 
the  A.  &  P.  Tea  store.  The  use  of  this  shop  was  given  till  it  was 
rented,  which  happened  the  next  spring.  George  Sersefski,  who  ran  the 
dry  goods  store  where  Capps  &  Co.  now  are,  took  the  workers  in,  giving 
them  his  counters  and  shelves,  until  Mr.  Turner  arranged  a  room  in 
the  old  State  Bank  Building.  Later,  they  found  their  final  haven  in  the 
big  Odd  Fellows  ball  room  on  the  third  floor  of  the  old  building  which 
has  gone  down  for  the  sake  of  the  bank's  new  home. 

The  charter  members  of  this  unit  were:  Mmes.  M.  J.  Milmoe,  Harry 
Gilbert,  Harry  Mitchell,  C.  C.  Tatham,  Harry  Thompson,  G.  H.  Ens- 
minger, George  Awsumb,  Miss  Aileen  Smith,  Mrs.  Allen  C.  Dean,  chair- 
man, Mrs.  Asa  Strause,  vice  chairman,  Mrs.  John  Hasfurther,  secretary. 
This  unit  with  these  officers  became  Auxiliary  93  of  the  Chicago  Chapter 
of  the  American  Red  Cross. 

There  were  many  more  workers  and  much  work  done.  Until  February 
15,  1919,  when  the  charter  was  returned,  there  had  been  made  26,433 
surgical  dressings,  799  hospital  garments,  199  refugee  garments,  1,668 
knitted  articles  of  clothing.  The  children  of  the  village  collected  114 
pounds  of  tinfoil.     Much  used  clothing  was  gathered  for  Belgian  relief. 

The  Forest  Glen  district  formed  a  committee  of  which  Mrs.  Edwin  P. 
Linton  was  chairman. 

The  average  number  of  Red  Cross  workers  daily  was  forty.  Mrs. 
Clark  Shattuc  and  Mrs.  Asa  Strause  were  given  service  medals  by  the 
Red  Cross  for  1,600  hours  of  work  and  Mmes.  Allen  C.  Dean,  Andrew 
McWilliams,  John  Myers,  Lucile  Jamieson,  John  Hasfurther  and  Miss 
Charlotte  Grimshaw  received  medals  for  800  hours  work. 

Miss  Grimshaw,  the  second  chairman  of  the  Auxiliary,  went  to  France 
as  a  member  of  the  Y.  W.  C.  A.  and  Mrs.  Hasfurther  was  chairman  till 
the  Armistice  was  signed. 

Then  there  was  a  Comfort  Kit  Committee,  to  provide  small,  personal 
comforts  for  the  men,  started  by  the  gift  from  an  anonymous  donor  of 
$100  to  buy  little  special  things.  Small  checks  were  sent  at  holiday  times, 
and  each  man  was  sent  away  with  a  little  comfort  kit  for  personal  be- 
longings. Mrs.  Harry  Cole  was  chairman,  and  on  the  committee  were 
Mrs.  O.  A.  Chandler,  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Knapp,  Miss  Eva  Clare, 
Mrs.  O.  G.  Christgau,  Mrs.  John  E.  Hasfurther,  and  Mrs.  Fred  S.  Cole. 

Also  there  was  the  correspondence  committee  on  which  Miss  Clara 
Boyle  and  Charles  McChesney  did  yeoman  work,  writing  real  letters  of 
personal  friendliness  and  village  chat  to  the  boys  scattered  so  far  away. 
They  wrote  hundreds  of  letters,  not  just  scratchy  little  notes  but  regular 
letters  with  news  in  them. 

Mrs.  Frank  Johnson  was  in  charge  of  the  Libetry  Loans  of  the  Seventh 
District,  and  Glen  Ellyn  always  went  over  the  top  of  its  quota,  which 
meant  that  everybody  in  town  did  his  bit. 

The  executive  committee  of  the  State  Council  of  Defense  enrolled  the 
following  names:  Stanley  Wagner,  chairman;  L.  V.  Calhoun,  vice-chair- 
man; A.  R.  Utt,  secretary;  Frank  J.  Bogan,  treasurer;  Miss  Clara  S. 
Boyle,  Mrs.  Frank  Johnson,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Berger,  Mrs.  J.  K.  Clark,  Mrs. 


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1917  J.  R.  Hasfurther,  Prof.  W.  W.  Reed,  William  Yackley,  Mrs.  Thomas 
Stanton,  Mrs.  J.  E.  Rogers,  L.  J.  Thiele,  Charles  McChesney,  H.  Basen- 
demer,  D.  S.  Adams,  Mrs.  J.  H.  Cole,  Mrs.  W.  L.  Jansen,  Prof.  F.  L. 
Biester,  Miss  Mary  D.  Lee,  Mr.  Eckert,  J.  R.  Smith  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Lytle. 

The  object  of  this  committee  was  to  welcome  home  the  men  which  they 
did  by  meeting  them  at  the  trains,  escorting  them  to  their  homes  and 
staging  some  community  home  comings  for  them. 

And  so  the  smoke  of  battle  blew  away. 

Glen  Ellyn  gave  itself  whole  heartedly  to  war  work  with  166  enlisted 
from  the  village  and  east  half  of  township. 


WORLD  WAR  SOLDIERS 


List  of  men  and  women  in  the  se 
half  of  Milton  Township  —  U.  S. 
welfare  agencies. 
Name 

1.  Achterfeld,  Harry 

2.  Achterfeld,  William  (died  1921) 

3.  Addie,  Albert  H.       Corporal 

4.  Addie,  Earl       Sergt. 

5.  Allen,  Albert  A.,  Jr.     2nd  Lieut. 


6.  Allen,  Vincent  H. 

7.  Anderson,  Elmer  (overseas) 

8.  Arnold,  Ewart  J. 

9.  Arnold,  Roger  W. 


10.  Arthur,  Alfred  H. 

11.  Backman,  J.  A. 

12.  Berg,   Charles   O.    (also   Spanish 

War  veteran) 

13.  Binger,  Charles  (badly 

wounded) 

14.  Bogan,  Hubert 

15.  Bowden,  Sam  M. 


16.     Brady,  Walter  W. 


rvice  from  Glen  Ellyn  and  the  East 
Army,  Navy,  Marines  and  various 

Service  as  reported  out 

45th  Infantry,  U.  S.  A. 

28th  Infantry,  1st  Div.  (overseas) 

Headquarters  Co.  132nd  Infantry 

(overseas) 
Medical  Dept.  Camp  Knox,  Ky. 
U.   S.   Flying  service,   at  New  York, 
ready   to    sail   when   Armistice   went 
into  effect. 

Signal    Corps,    410th   Telegraph   Bat- 
talion Co.  D.  overseas. 
Bugler,  Battery  E,  58th  Coast  Artil- 
lery. 

Signalman,  85th  Co.  10th  Heavy  Ar- 
tillery U.  S.  Marine  Corps,  Quantico. 
Private  Volunteer,  released  through 
DuPage  Co.  Draft  Board,  and  enlisted 
in  Aviation  service  ground  work,  June 
27,  1918.  Sent  to  Chanute  Field  and 
later  transferred  to  Mineola,  N.  Y., 
where  his  Battalion  was  awaiting 
sailing  orders  when  November  11 
Armistice  became  effective.  Honor- 
able discharge  from  service  January 
22,  1919. 

Navy,    S.  S.    "Minneapolis,"    overseas 
1917-1918.     Pacific  Coast,  1919. 
U.  S.  Navy. 

Major,  1st  Battalion,  U.  S.  A.  342nd 
Inf.  86th  Div.  Camp  Grant,  resigned. 
Co.  M,  59th  Infantry,  4th  Division 
overseas. 

Landsman  Mech.  Mate,  Great  Lakes, 
U.  S.  N. 

Sapper,  Canadian  Engineers,  Toronto 
Training  Camp,  and  discharged  as 
physically  unfit. 

Intelligence  Sect.  Headqtrs.  Co.  333rd 
Heavy  Artillery. 


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1917  Name 

17.  Brody,  James 

18.  Brooks,  R.  H.       Major 


19.  Burke,  Gordon  H. 

20.  Chase,   Al    (Real   estate   Editor 

Chicago  Tribune) 

21.  Clarke,  Isaac  Bradford 

22.  Colberg,  Grover 

23.  Cole,  Fred  S. 


24.  Cole,  Henry  W. 

25.  Cordes,  Gilbert 

26.  Dalton,  John  Thomas 

27.  Deiley,  Paul  C.  Camp 

28.  Dibble,  Olin  W. 

29.  Dinsmore,  Alden 

30.  Dodge,  Clarence 


31.     Dodge,  Philip  A. 

(Son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  C.) 


32.  Dolton,  Richard 

33.  Donaldson,  Horace 

34.  Duncan,  Alexander  Cameron 


35.  Erickson,  Charles  J. 

36.  Farnsworth,  Lee  O. 

37.  Ferries,  W.  Allen  (overseas) 


Service  as  reported  out 

Private,  303rd  Aero  Squadron,  Elling- 
ton Field,  Houston,  Texas. 

U.  S.  A.  Of.  Reserve.  Killed  in  acci- 
dent on  C.  A.  &  E.  Elec.  Ry.  1918. 
Chicago  Dist.  Lived  in  Glen  Ellyn. 
Buried  in  West  Chicago. 

Tailor,  Ordnance  Motor  Instruction 
School,  Camp  Raritan,  New  Jersey. 

2nd  Class  Seaman,  U.  S.  N.  Aviation, 
Key  West,  Florida. 

Chief  Mechanic,  Battery  B,  342nd 
Field  Artillery,  89th  Div.  overseas. 

1st  Class  Private  Co.  B,  108th  Engin- 
eers, 33rd  Div.  overseas. 

Corporal  Co.  E,  311th  Engineers. 
Served  as  instructor  of  commercial 
drawing  at  Bordeaux  army  schools 
after  Armistice. 

American  Red  Cross,  Captain,  for  a 
short  time  in  France,  overseas. 

Carpenter,  U.  S.  N.  Last  boat  "S.  S. 
Steven  H.  Jones."     overseas. 

3rd  Class  Q.  M.  Naval  Reserve,  New- 
port, R.  I.,  training  camp. 

Infantry.  Killed  leading  a  charge, 
overseas. 

1st  Class  Q.  M.  U.  S.  N.  Served  on 
S.  S.  "Nokomis,"  sub-chaser  during 
1917-18,  overseas. 

Corporal  817th  Motor  Transport  Co. 
Served  with  Tank  Corps  overseas. 

Mexico,    overseas,     transferred    from 

Artillery    to    cook    at   a    base    camp; 

regular  army  man  and  still  in  service. 

overseas. 

Regular  Army  drill  Sergt.  at  Kansas 

and  Texas  Camps.     Philippine  service 

wound  in  foot  unfit  for  overseas  on 

that  account. 

Camp    Grant    for   only   a    few   days; 

called  restricted  service. 

Aviation  repair,  Gerstner  Field,  La. 

U.  S.  Navy  reserve;  called  out  April 
1917,  served  at  Grant  Park  Camp, 
Chicago.  Chief  Gunner,  title,  Instruc- 
tor, etc. 

1st  Class  Private,  Co.  I  130th  Inf.  33rd 
Div.  overseas. 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Business  Sec'y.  In  charge 
at  Tours  Headquarters,  France,  over- 
seas. 

Pharmacists  Mate,  U.  S.  Hospital 
Ship  "Mercy." 


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1917  Name 

38.  Forter,  David  H.  U.S.A. 

39.  Foster,  Ernest  T.  U.  S.  N. 

40.  Foster,  John  W.     U.  S.  A. 

41.  Freeman,  Homer  H.       overseas 

42.  Friedrickson,  John  A.    overseas 

43.  Furman,  Edward  L.       overseas 

44.  Gordon,  Albert  A.      overseas 

45.  Gray,  Max 

46.  Grimshaw,  Miss  Charlotte 

47.  Hanson,  Albert  G.     overseas 

48.  Harvis,   Earl  E.     overseas 

49.  Hassler,  Frank  R.     overseas 

50.  Higley,  Harvey  V.     U.  S.  A. 


51.     Hoadley,  Richard     U.   S.  N. 
overseas 


52.     Hollinger,  Paul     overseas 


53.  Holtzman,  Arthur  N.     U.  S.  A. 

54.  Howe,  Carlton  G.     overseas 

55.  Hornsby,  Hubert  P.     overseas 

56.  Hornsby,  John  A.     (Retired 

Major  U.  S.  A.  Medical  Corps) 


57.  House,    Henry    Harrison,    over- 

seas (invalided  home) 

58.  Hurd,  Paul  D.     overseas 

59.  Ingram,   Andrew     overseas 

(wounded  in  action) 


Service  as  reported  out 

Corporal  Co.  B,  8th  Mounted  Engin- 
eers, Texas  Border  all  thru  war. 

Chief  Mechanic  Great  Lakes  Naval 
Training  School,  April  1917-19. 

Sergt.  and  Master  Mechanic,  Co.  B, 
8th  Mounted  Engineers,  at  Texas 
Border  all  thru  war. 

Sergt.  1st  class,  Supply  Co.  6th  Regt. 
U.  S.  Marines. 

Private  Motor  truck  Co.  441,  3rd 
Army  Headquarters. 

Corp.  and  Clerk,  Headqtrs.  Personnel 
Sect.  LeMans,  went  over  with  86th 
Div. 

Sergt.  Q.  M.  C.   33rd  Div. 

Private  Co.  B  161st  Inf.  Camp  Grant, 
Aug.  5,  1918. 

Y.  W.  C.  A.  Canteen  at  Bordeaux  and 
later  transferred  to  Paris. 

Private  Co.  B,  345th  Battalion  Tank 
Corps. 

Corp.  Co.  B,  132nd  Inf.  33rd  Div. 
Sergt.   Ordnance   Supply  Dept.     Sta- 
tioned  at   various   artillery   bases   in 
France. 

1st  Lieut.  Chemical  warfare  service, 
Experimental  Laboratory,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

S.S.  "Carolina"  transport  after  Ar- 
mistice; was  radio  operator  on  sub- 
marine chaser  out  of  Boston  Harbor 
prior  to  transport  duty. 

Co.  C,  342nd  Inf.  86th  Div.  Dis- 
charged and  transferred  to  Y.M.C.A. 
service  at  Brest  for  10  months  after 
Armistice. 

In  training  with  4th  Officers  Training 
Camp,  Camp  Grant,  when  war  stop- 
ped. 

Ensign  U.  S.  N. 

British   Army,   base   Hospital   No.    1, 
France,  from  May,  1917. 
Lieut.    Col.    Medical    Dept.    U.    S.    A. 
Served  at  Washington,   called  to  ac- 
tive service  when  war  was  declared; 
helped    Bell    organize    and    plan    for 
Chicago  Field,  before  going  East. 
Private  Co.  C,  service  Battalion,  503rd 
Engrs.     Forestry  service,  France. 
Sergt.  Headqtrs.   Co.   Signal  Platoon, 
122nd  Field  Artillery 
Private  Co.  C,  365th  Inf.  92nd  Div. 


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1917  Name 

60.  Jacobs,  Samuel  Dana,  U.  S.  N. 

61.  Jackson,  J.  Alfred      overseas 


62.  Jascke,  Stanley  M.     overseas 

63.  Jellies,  Harvey     U.  S.  A. 

64.  Johnson,  Edward  E.     overseas 

65.  Johnson,  Ernest  E.     overseas 

66.  Johnson,  George  A.     overseas 

67.  Johnson,  Walfrid  E.     overseas 

68.  Johnson,  Wilbur     U.  S.  A. 

69.  Julian,  Joseph     U.  S.  A. 

70.  Kaelin,  Louis  E.     U.  S.  N. 

overseas 

71.  Kelley,  Harry  W.     U.  S.  N. 

72.  Kellogg,  James     overseas 

73.  Kendall,  Clarence  E.     U.  S.  A. 

74.  Kloeckner,  Edward     U.  S.  A. 

75.  Klug,  Harold     U.  S.  N. 

76.  Knapp,  Norbert  C. 

77.  Kohls,  Karl  A.     U.  S.  A. 

78.  Kolacek,  William  J.     U.  S.  A. 


79.  Kopf,  John  W.     overseas 

80.  Kroeger,  Albert  F. 

81.  Laier,  Frank  B.     U.  S.  N. 

82.  Lambert,  Oscar  J.     overseas 


83.     Lang,  Miss  Bertha     overseas 


Service  as  reported  out 

Ambulance      driver,       Great      Lakes 
Camp. 

Supply    ship    "Bushnell"    (with    crew 

that  brought  over  two  German  subs 

one     displayed     in     Lake     Michigan, 

Grant  Park,  Chicago. 

Corp.  Co.  B,  132nd  Inf.  33rd  Div. 

Aviation  repairs,  mechanic,  Gerstner 

Field,  Louisiana. 

U.     S.     N.     Portland    Training     S.S. 

"Montpelier"  transport  service. 

Private     Co.     F,     311th    Ammunition 

train  86th  Div. 

3rd  Class  Quartermaster  U.  S.  N.  S.S. 

"North  Carolina"  transport  service. 

Private  Co.  F,  56th  Inf.  7th  Div. 

Aviation      Repair      Corps,      Gerstner 

Field,  La. 

Aviation      Repair      Corps,      Gerstner 

Field,  La. 

S.S.  transport  "Hancock." 

1st  Class    Seaman,    2nd   Class   signal 
man;  Hampton  Roads  operating  base; 
Naval  Reserve,  1918. 
1st  class  private  Co.  B,  108th  Engrs. 
33rd  Div. 

Aviation  cadet,  training  for  commis- 
sion; not  through  when  Armistice 
signed.  Last  camp  Dick,  Dallas,  Tex. 
Private,  Remount  Station,  Houston, 
Tex.  325th  Brigade. 
U.  S.  Naval  Reserves,  Great  Lakes. 
Radio  Operator  assigned  to  S.S.  "Du- 
Pont";  later  designated  as  Torpedo 
boat  No.  3,  American  Waters  Coast 
Guarding. 

Called  to  restricted  service  class  fall 
1918,  Jefferson  Barracks,  Mo. 
Transferred  from  private  to  take  offi- 
cers training  course  at  Camp  Lee,  Va. 
Not  quite  through  when  Armistice 
was  signed. 

Sergt.  Co.  E,  311th  Ammunition  train, 
86th  Div. 

U.  S.  Merchant  Marine,  Boston,  Mass. 
Carpenters  Mate,  U.  S.  Naval  opera- 
tion, Pensacola  and  Miami,  Florida. 
Private  Co.  H,  130th  Inf.  33rd  Div. 
Assigned  to  Glen  Ellyn  in  Draft 
Quota,  Oct.  4,  1917,  east  half  Milton 
Twp. 

U.  S.  A.  nurse,  Lieut.;  to  France  with 
base  Hosp.  unit  No.  14. 


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1917  Name 

85.     Lang,  Robert  J.     overseas 

85.     LeMessurier,  Lester  U. 
U.  S.  N.  R. 


86.  LePage,  Charles  A.     U.  S.  N.  R. 

87.  Llewellyn,  Leonard  E. 

U.  S.  N.  R. 

88.  Loomis,  Clayton,  B.     U.  S.  A. 


89.  Loomis,  Eustis  H.     overseas 

90.  Loomis,  Hiram  K.     U.  S.  A. 


91.     Loper,  Walter  A. 


92.  Lounds,  Frank  T.     U.  S.  N. 

93.  Ludeke,  Albert  H.     U.  S.  A. 

94.  Ludeke,  Walter  H.     U.  S.  A. 

95.  Ludeker,  Fred  W.     U.  S.  A. 

96.  McArthur,  Harvey  B.     overseas 

97.  Maglaras,  Theodore     overseas 

98.  Matthews,  Clarence  A.  overseas 

99.  Mathews,  Stuart  B.     overseas 

100.  Mathews,  Harold 

101.  Meisner,  Frank  C. 

102.  Meisner,  Willis  J.     overseas 

103.  Melville,  John  M.     overseas 

104.  Michelini,  August  G.     overseas 

105.  Miller,  Herman  V.     overseas 

106.  March,  Benjamin  F.,  Jr. 

overseas 


Service  as  reported  out 

1st  class  private,  74th  Co.  6th  Reg. 
U.  S.  Marines. 

Engine  man  2nd  class  U.  S.  N.  re- 
serve; en  route  to  Columbia  Univer- 
sity, N.  Y.  Nov.  11,  1918  for  special 
training. 

Landsman  carpenter,  Grant  Park 
Camp,  Chicago. 

Radio  operator,  1st  class  naval  avia- 
tion station,  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Enlisted  at  Seattle,  Wash.  Camp 
Dodge,  Des  Moines  when  Nov.  11th, 
1918,  Armistice  went  into  effect. 

Corp.  Co.  H,  162nd  Inf.  Machine  Gun 
Co.  41st  Div. 

2nd  Lieut,  and  Instructor  U.  S.  A. 
Signal  Corps  at  Kansas  and  Texas 
Camps  and  Camp  Meade,  Maryland. 

Trained  for  Aviation  Lieut.;  just  be- 
fore securing  commission  accident  to 
plane  put  him  out  of  service;  later 
was  accepted  to  train  for  officer  at 
Camp  Taylor,  Ky.  Artillery  Officers 
Training  Camp,  U.  S.  A.  R.  1st  Lieut. 

Great  Lakes  Naval  Reserve;  went 
abroad  as  member  of  Naval  Quartette 
Admiral  Sims,  London,  later  to  Camp 
in  France. 

Sergt.  865th  Aero  Squadron,  Aviation 
repairs,  Dallas,  Texas. 
Private     Aviation     repair,     Gerstner 
Field,  La. 

Corp.    Co.    C,    1st    Inf.    Replacement 
Battalion,  Camp  McArthur,  Texas. 
Private  and  Bugler,  Battery  D,  149th 
Field  Artillery. 

Private  Headqtrs.  Co.  34th  Inf.  7th 
Div. 

Private,     Co.     C,     Service    Battalion, 
503rd  Engrs.    Forestry. 
Capt.   20th   Field  Artillery,   later  In- 
structor at  Camp  Bowie. 
Merchant  Marines. 
Lieut.  Veterinary,  U.  S.  A. 
Machine  Gun  Co.  344th  Inf.  85th  Div. 
Wagoner,  Battery  D,  342nd  Field  Ar- 
tillery, 89th  Div. 

Private,  Co.  B,  5th  Anti-aircraft  Bat- 
talion. 

Private  Signal  Platoon,  Headqtrs.  Co. 
39th  Inf.  4th  Div. 

Sergt.  305th  Field  Remount  Co. 
U.  S.  A. 


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1917  Name 

107.  Miller,  Vernon  R.     overseas 

108.  Montgomery,  Arthur  Clyde 

overseas  (Canadian  Army) 

109.  Morgan,  William  T. 


110.  Moulton,  Herbert  L.     overseas 

111.  Moulton,  N.  Harper     overseas 

112.  Moulton,  Wesley  H.      U.   S.  A. 

113.  Myers,  Harold  L.     overseas 

114.  Nelson,  LeRoy  A.     U.  S.  N. 

115.  Newton,  Frank  Q.     overseas 

116.  Newton,  Ralph  W.     U.  S.  N. 

117.  Pontious,  Walter  W.     overseas 

118.  Pressprich,  Edward     U.  S.  N. 

119.  Rathbun,  Acors  Earl 


120.  Rathbun,  Harry  R. 

121.  Robey,  Leslie  A.     overseas 

122.  Roblee,  Leland  H.  S.      U.  S.  A. 

123.  Rowe,  Elmer  W.     overseas 

124.  Rowe,  Henry  W.     overseas 

125.  Rowe,  Franklin  B.     U.  S.  A. 

126.  Russell,  Simeon  W.     overseas 

127.  Sadd,  Laurence  E.     overseas 

U.  S.  A. 

128.  Samson,  Marcel  J.     overseas 


Service  as  reported  out 

Private  Headqtrs.  Co    327th  Inf.  82nd 
Div. 

Gunner  Battery  C,  Royal  Canadian 
Horse  Artillery. 

Sergt.  Inf.    Enlisted  National  Guards 
March  3,  1917,  Co.  X,  105th  Inf.   Spar- 
tanburg, So.  Carolina. 
Sergt.  Co.  A,  319th  Field  Signal  Bat- 
talion, U.  S.  A. 

2nd  Lieut.  Battery  F,  122nd  Field  Ar- 
tillery, 33rd  Div. 

2nd    Lieut.    Officers    Reserve    Corps, 
trained  at  Camp  Grant.   Nov.  11,  1918 
in  reserve  at  an  Arkansas  Camp. 
Private    1st    class,    Battery    C,    49th 
Coast  Artillery. 

Remains  in  service  as  Junior  Lieut.; 
Recently  transferred  to  Pacific  (1920) 
Wagoner  129th  Field  Ambulance,  33rd 
Div. 

Chief  Machinists  Mate,  U.  S.  N.,  Office 
of  Public  Works,  Quantico,  Va. 
Sergt.  and  Sec'y  to  Director  Genl.  of 
Ports,     Office    of    Director    Genl.     of 
Transport,  Paris. 

Cornetist  and  Bugler,  Great  Lakes 
Training  Camp;  later  in  Sousa's  Band, 
Great  Lakes. 

Was  in  service,  Artillery  or  Cavalry 
under  Pershing  at  Mexican  Border 
when  U.  S.  went  into  war;  applied  for 
aviator's  training;  graduated  as  2nd 
Lieut.  Aviation,  Dec.  1st,  1918  and  on 
Aviation  Officer's  reserve  list. 
U.  S.  N.  Aviation  cadet  from  Univer- 
sity of  Illinois;  released  Jan.  1919  to 
go  on  with  college  course. 
1st  class  private  83rd  Co.  6th  Reg. 
U.  S.  Marines. 

Commissioned  2nd  Lieut.  Field  Artil- 
lery, Dec.  9th,  1918,  Camp  Taylor,  Ky. 
Headqtrs.  Co.  1st  Engrs.  1st  Div. 
(went  in  as  repl.  from  Camp  Grant, 
July,  1918). 

Co.  F,  1st  Engrs.,  1st  Div.  Replace- 
ment. 

1st    class    Private    Battery    B,    14th 
Field  Artillery,  Fort  Sill,  Okla. 
Co.    C,    Service   Batt'n,   503rd   Engrs. 
Forestry. 

1st    Lieut.    Chemical    warfare,    Gen'l 
Headqtrs.     Chaumont,  France. 
29th  Co.  20th  Engrs.  Motor  Transport 
Service. 


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1917  Name 

129.     Schaefer,  William 


130.  Schleede,  Karl  W.  F. 

(Pastor  Grace  Luth.  Church; 
draft  East  half  Milton  Twp.) 

131.  Schoenrock,  Gustaf  A. 

132.  Schoenrock,  William 

133.  Scott,  George  F.     overseas 

134.  Sievert,  LeRoy  A. 

135.  Showers,  DeWitt  C. 

136.  Simons,  James  E.,  Jr. 

137.  Simons,  William  Harold 

138.  Simpson,  Roy  Russell    overseas 

139.  Smith,  Melville 

140.  Stokes,  Charles  A. 

141.  Stokes,  Glen  A.     U.  S.  N.  R. 

142.  Surkamer,  Ivan 

143.  Surkamer,  Wesley  H. 

144.  Swanson,  Roy  C.     overseas 

145.  Sutherland,  Fay  H.     overseas 

146.  Thomas,  Victor  C. 

147.  Thompson,  Belden  W. 

148.  Thompson,  J.  W. 

149.  Trompeter,  Henry 

150.  Van  Buren,  George  E. 


Service  as  reported  out 

3rd  class  Qtr.  Master  Signal  Corps, 
U.  S.  N.  Hampton  Roads,  operating 
base. 

Chaplain  and  Capt.  assigned  to  Camp 
Meade  with  79th;  later  transferred  to 
chaplain  on  transport,  returning  from 
overseas  1919. 

U.    S.   Marines;    remained   in   service, 
last  heard  from  in  West  Indies. 
U.  S.  Naval  Hosp.  Aero  Sta.  Rocka- 
way  Beach,  N.  Y. 

Capt.  Supply  Co.  131st  Inf.  33rd  Div. 
Was  in  Nat'l  Guard  Reserve  from  old 
1st  I.  N.  G.  when  war  started. 
Corpl.  Battery  F.  149th  Field  Artil- 
lery. Discharged  account  physical 
disability  before  regiment  went  to 
France. 

Restricted  service  class,  Qtrm.  Dept. 
Pur.  Dept.  Chicago. 
U.  S.  Marines,  special  detail  U.  S.  N. 
Proving  Grounds,  Indian  Head,  Md. 
Musician  U.   S.  N.  Reserve,  assigned 
to  and  served  on  U.  S.  S.  "Dolphin" 
South  Atlantic  Fleet. 
2nd  Lieut.  Inf.,  Headqtrs.  Troop,  39th 
Eng.     4th  Div. 

1st  class  private  and  sharpshooter, 
Co.  D,  10th  Replacement  Battalion, 
Quantico,  Va. 

U.  S.  N.  R.  Ensign,  Great  Lakes  and 
Columbia  Coll. 

Ensign  Great  Lakes  and  Columbia 
Univ. 

Aviation  Repair  Corps,  Garden  City, 
L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

Private  1st  Class,  83rd  Co.  6th  Reg. 
U.  S.  Marines. 

Medical  Corps,  base  Hosp.  No.  12 
Sergt.  Motor  Supply  Train,  Unit  322, 
6th  Div. 

Private,  Base  Hosp.  128,  Camp  Sevier, 
Greenville,  S.  C. 

Provost  Sergt.  Base  Hosp.  Fort  Riley, 
Kansas. 

In  Chicago  Army  Headqtrs.  as  Clerk 
since  1888. 

Headqtrs.  Detachment  311,  Ammuni- 
tion train,  86th  Div.  overseas  at  close 
of  war  but  not  out  of  Bordeaux  area. 

Acting  Sergt.  (used  as  drill  instruc- 
tor) and  transferred  from  6th  U.  S. 
Marines  before  it  went  overseas.  Ser- 
vice at  Quantico. 


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THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1917  Name 

151.  Vallentyne,  Allin  W.     overseas 

152.  Venning,  Frank  L.     overseas 


153.  Vollmer,  Edward  F.     overseas 

154.  Vollmer,  Fred  B. 

155.  Vollmer,  William     overseas 

156.  Wagoner,  William  J.     overseas 

157.  Walty,  Frank  A. 

158.  Weinrich,  Russell  A.     overseas 

159.  Whittum,  E.  Harrie 

160.  Wimpress,  C.  C. 

161.  Wohlferdt,  Louis  A. 

162.  Worsley,  O.  C. 

163.  Wolf,  Charles  C.     overseas 

164.  Zuttermeister,  Harold 

165.  Guirl,  C.  J.     overseas 

166.  Rogers,  Edgar  W.     overseas 


Service  as  reported  out 

1st  class  private  U.  S.  Base  Hosp.  No. 
13,  Limoges  district,  France. 
2nd  Lieut.  302nd  Repair  Unit,  Motor 
Transport  Corps;  one  of  the  planners 
and  builders  of  Verneuil  Motor  Repair 
Shops  and  Town  improvements  at 
Verneuil,  France.  1st  Lieut,  when  dis- 
charged. 
Co.  I,  317th  Inf. 

Private    and   barber,    Provost   Guard, 
Camp  Grant,  for  all  service  period. 
Co.  F,  318th  Engrs.    Private.    Arrived 
in  France  after  Armistice. 
Corpl.  Motor  Transport.  818th  Co.  3rd 
Army  Headqtrs.     Trained  and  served 
with  Tank  Corps  before  Armistice. 
Private    Headqtrs.     Co.    71st    Engrs. 
Washington  Barracks,  D.  C. 
Battery  B,  115th  Field  Artillery,  30th 
Div. 

Private  Headqtrs.  Sanitary  Detach- 
ment, Medical  Dept.,  Camp  Sevier, 
Greenville,  S.  C. 


Corps,  Camp 


Sergt.  1st  Class,  Qtrm. 
Grant,  Rockford,  Til. 
Battery     E,     333rd     Field     Artillery, 
transferred  to  Replacement  Battalion 
and  went  from  Camp  Grant  to  Camp 
Logan,  Texas. 

Clerk,  Personnel  Sect.  Co.  2,  2nd  Inf. 
Replacements,  Camp  Sevier,  Green- 
ville, S.  C. 

5th  Co.  Automatic  Replacement  Sap- 
pers Forest  Detachment;  arrived  in 
France  Nov.  11,  1918;  returned  to 
States  before  Jan.  1st,  1918. 
Troop  D,  12th  Cavalry,  Corozal,  Canal 
Zone. 

2nd  Canadian  Mounted  Rifles. 
Gunner,    S.    S.    "Ryndam"    or    "Rijn- 
dam"  U.  S.  Navy,  during  1917,  18,  19. 


Co.  G  5th  Regiment  I.  R.  M.   (Home  Guards) 


Capt.  L.  V.  Calhoun 
1st  Lieut.  L.  H.  Sievert 
2nd  Lieut.  H.  W.  Thomas 
1st  Sergt.  Harold  Rossiter 
G.  Awsumb 
U.  S.  Abell 

E.  F.   Adams 
O.  M.  Barker 
W.  H.  Baethke 
V.  H.  Bonanomi 
G.  A.  Brisbois 

F.  C.  Buhr 


L.  Antholz 
D.  S.  Adams 
W.  B.  Allen 
J.  Baron 
R.  E.  Bick 
J.  Binger 
N.  W.  Burris 
W.  J.  Catlin 
H.  Clausen 
V.  I.  O.  Fick 
J.  H.  Furman 
F.  B.  Heerboth 


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109 


1917       H.  L.  Buhr 

H.  H.  Bentley 
L.  L.  Brown 
S.  G.  Cutler 

C.  C.  Cash 
W.  H.  Clare 
J.  K.  Clark 
J.  P.  Clarke 
V.  H.  Carr 

E.  G.  Chapman 
J.  Carruthers 
H.  E.  Davis 

F.  J.  Davis 

F.  J.  Deiber 

D.  C.  Dibble 
A.  Engstrand 

G.  H.  Ensminger 
G.  M.  Griggs 

J.  W.  Grimshaw 
A.  E.  Hayes 

E.  T.  Hansen 

J.  E.  Hasfurther 

J.  B.  Heme 

A.  P.  Hutchison 

F.  E.  Jeffers 
W.  Johnson 
A.  M.  Kelley 
W.  M.  Kellogg 
O.  O.  Mertz 
Arthur  Neahr 
R.  B.  Treadway 
R.  W.  Tapper 
Howard  G.  Wilson 

"A  complete  list  of  those 
demobilized." — Wilson. 


J.  G.  Hunter 
G.  M.  Kendall 

F.  C.  Kirby 

G.  A.  Lineburg 
C.  C.  Loper 

C.  H.  McChesney 
G.  C.  McDonald 
P.  E.  McGough 

F.  P.  Michel 
M.  J.  Milmoe 
W.  J.  Monroe 

J.  E.  McNaughton 

G.  Meacham 

S.  S.  Montgomery 
C.  J.  Richardson 
R.  L.  Rogers 
H.  E.  Rose 
W.  V.  Schuetz 
G.  C.  Sinclair 
C.  E.  Shattuc 
R.  J.  Scott 

E.  G.  Teeter 
H.  Thompson 
J.  Thumley 

J.  H.  Tourtelot 

F.  M.  Wagner 
R.  Wagner 

R.  M.  Walker 
V.  C.  Winans 
O.  K.  Wright 
Jesse  Wagner 
C.  M.  Wagner. 

who  were  in  the  company  at  the  time  it  was 


Ministers  during  the  war  were:  Dr.  Henry  S.  Roblee,  Congregational; 
Rev.  B.  G.  Swaney,  Methodist  Episcopal;  Rev.  B.  A.  Maurer,  Grace 
Lutheran;  Rev.  Theodore  Holtorf,  Evangelical;  Rev.  James  D.  Marsh, 
Free  Methodist,  Dr.  Arthur,  Episcopal. 

The  Utili  Dulci  Club  placed  a  bronze  tablet  in 
the  Duane  School  building  to  the  memory  of 
Georgia  Allen,  teacher  for  forty  years,  who  passed 
away  in  1912.  Her  home  was  at  the  corner  of 
Main  and  Pennsylvania;  for  its  time,  one  of  the 
best  houses  in  town.  It  still  stands,  occupied  by 
Mrs.  Wm.  Kloeckner.  Miles  Allen,  her  father, 
was  one  of  the  village's  land-holding  citizens,  and 
she  gave  the  Congregationalists  their  lot  on 
Forest  and  Pennsylvania. 

Forest  Avenue,  Duane  and  Hill  Avenue  paved 
close  in  town. 

July  16,  the  three  merchants  in  the  village, 
Chas.  H.  McChesney,  F.  M.  Wagner  and  O.  K. 
Wright  put  into  effect  a  "New  system  of  merchan- 
dizing for  the  benefit  of  Glen  Ellyn  people  to  help 
reduce  the  high  cost  of  living"  which  was  a  charge 
of  five  cents  for  delivery  of  goods  and  a  charge  of 


Georgia  Allen 


110 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1917  one  cent  for  charging  same,  thus  instituting  the  "cash  and  carry"  system 
which  has  become  so  common,  though  the  delivery  trucks  flash  around 
town  all  the  time  now.  In  those  days,  one  horse  wagons  which  delivered 
purchases,  practically  disappeared  from  the  streets.  Under  the  new 
system,  prices  were  to  be  reduced,  25  cent  coffee  costing  21  cents;  30  cent 
coffee  costing  28  cents,  etc. 

Joseph  R.  Smith  elected  village  president. 

Congregational  church  moved  to  new  home,  corner  of  Anthony  and 
Forest,  the  old  church  on  Forest  being  purchased  and  occupied  by  the 
Grace  Lutheran  congregation. 

The  Woman's  Club  agitated  a  campaign  for  a  park,  the  project 
being  voted  down  by  the  village. 

Irene  Michet,  librarian,  now  associate  professor  of  English  at  State 
University,  Pullman,  Washington. 

Girl  Scouts  organized  with  one  troop  and  Miss  Mildred  Thiele,  Captain. 


First  Class  of  Glen  Ellyn  High  School  Graduates 

Back  row  (left  to  right) :  Norbert  Knapp,  Ruth  Hopping,  Esther  Curtis,  Nellie 
Gordon,  Mona  Reed,  Vivian  Dalton,  Ruth  Sanderson,  Esther  Carlson,  Fred 
Mills.  Front  row  (left  to  right):  Arthur  Holtzman,  principal;  Edward  Foster, 
Roland  Klug,  Maren  Johansen,  Edna  Deicke,  Doris  Brown,  Juul  Reed,  Leonard 
Llewellyn,  and  Miss  Nina  Parsons,  senior  sponsor. 

The  Glen  Ellyn  High  School  started  in  on  a  preliminary  2-year  course, 
in  September,  1915,  after  school  began,  with  just  the  two  teachers,  Arthur 
Holtzman  and  Miss  Erin  McMechan.  It  graduated  its  first  class  in  1917. 
These  seniors  finished  out  their  junior  year  which  had  been  started  in 
Wheaton,  and  then  began  their  senior  year  in  Glen  Ellyn  in  the  fall  of 
1916,  becoming  graduates  in  June,  1917.  They  are:  Ruth  Sanderson, 
class  president,  Esther  Curtis,  Maren  Johansen,  Norbert  Knapp,  Ruth 
Hopping,  Nellie  Gordon,  Mona  Reed,  Vivian  Dalton,  Esther  Carlson,  Fred 
Mills,  Edward  Foster,  Roland  Klug,  Doris  Brown,  Edna  Deicke,  Juul 
Reed  and  Leonard  Llewellyn. 


THE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  111 

1918  March  3rd,   village  raised  its  Service  Flag. 

Village  president  during  the  World  War,  James  E.  Simons;  postmaster, 
Joseph  H.  Wagoner.     All  the  village  doing  war  work. 

April,  first  fire  truck  purchased  for  $1,250. 

April  18th,  the  reading  of  the  prize  essays  of  the  Illinois  Centennial 
contest,  a  contest  started  and  for  which  $5.00  prizes  were  furnished  by- 
Miss  Ada  Douglas  Harmon.  This  little  occasion  was  the  beginning  of 
the  work  on  the  Glen  Ellyn  History  which  has  grown  into  this  present 
volume.  The  program  for  this  evening  was:  song,  "Illinois,"  by  Esther 
Curtis,  Nellie  Gordon,  Margaret  Smith  and  Maren  Johansen;  "History  of 
Glen  Ellyn,"  by  Emma  Krimmelmeyer;  "Conservation  of  Food,"  by 
Abbie  Kendall;  "Story  of  Chicago,"  by  Wallace  Stanton;  "History  of 
Glen  Ellyn,"  by  Katherine  Brown;  vocal  selections  by  Adelaide  Hudson 
and  Elizabeth  Newton,  and  "History  of  the  Flag,"  by  Edna  Hunter. 
This  was  followed  by  the  presentation  of  prizes  by  Mr.  L.  C.  Cooper. 

March,  Chapter  AU,  P.  E.  O.,  started. 

In  November,  Dr.  R.  F.  Schiele  bought  Dr.  Barlow's  practice  and  began 
his  service  in  the  community. 

Fred  L.  Biester  elected  principal  of  the  high  school  to  succeed  A. 
Holtzman  who  resigned  to  enter  military  service  during  the  summer. 
High  school  accredited  after  inspection  by  high  school  visitor  of  the 
University  of  Illinois. 

September  24,  M.  M.  M.'s  organized  by  Mrs.  George  M.  Kendall  "for 
the  purpose  of  promoting  friendship,  knowledge  and  service"  with  these 
charter  members:  Ruth  Barnum,  Florence  Bick,  Elsie  Melville,  Esther 
Curtis,  Nellie  Gordon,  Adelaide  Hudson,  Marguerite  Smith,  Lillian 
Freeto,  Louise  Ludeke,  Delight  Matthews,  Josephine  Jellies,  Helen 
Meacham,  Gladys  Montgomery,  Mildred  Patch,  Ruth  Sanderson,  Grace 
Wagner,  Louise  Weaver,  Helen  Myers,  Maren  Johansen,  Loraine  Arnold. 
The  presidents  have  been:  1918,  Adelaide  Hudson;  1919,  Louise  Weaver; 
1920,  Edith  Phillips;  1921,  Celia  Kolacek;  1922-23,  Helen  Meacham; 
1924,  Francis  Crisler;  1925,  Irene  Enders;  1926,  Abra  Beatty;  1927, 
Wahnita  Patch;  1928,  Katherine  Johnson.  In  1927  sixty  active  members. 
Installed  municipal  tennis  courts  in  Ellyn  Park,  sponsored  two  year 
concert  course,  and  Christmas  Carol  singing,  contributed  to  park  board, 
Memorial  Fountain  fund,  Friends  of  the  Library,  charities,  gave  municipal 
Christmas  tree  in  village  lot. 

The  Glen  Theatre,  then  run  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sam  Bowden  on  Main 
Street  where  the  Gas  and  Electric  Company  now  receives  its  tribute, 
showed  in  the  week  of  September  20th,  the  following  films:  "Pershing's 
Crusaders,"  "Clever  Mrs.  Carfax,"  with  Julian  Eltinge;  "Tom  Sawyer" 
with  Jack  Pickford  and  "Seven  Swans"  with  Marguerite  Clark. 

1919  Five  acres  on  Honeysuckle  Hill  and  the  lake  were  bought  from  Charles 
R.  Raymond  for  $8,000  for  a  permanent  high  school  site,  the  voters 
ratifying  the  purchase  in  August. 

The  high  school  was  given  "fully  accredited"  rank  by  state  authorities. 

The  Areme  club  organized  at  suggestion  of  Mrs.  Clayton  Higley.  First 
known  as  Parlor  Club;  then  new  name  taken  from  first  letters  of  names 
of  the  star  points. 

High  school  enrollment,  150. 

Harry  W.  Thomas  elected  village  president. 


112 TEE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1919  Philo  Stacy  died,  March  2nd,  aged  eighty-four  years.     He  had  lived  in 
the  village  eighty-two  years,  a  pioneer  and  leading  citizen. 

American  Legion  Post  No.  3  organized  in  September  by  James  E. 
Simons,  Jr.,  Leslie  Robey  and  Frank  Newton.  They  met  at  Mr.  Simons' 
home.  He  was  the  first  post  commander;  Leslie  Robey,  vice  commander, 
Frank  Newton,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  three  held  several  meetings, 
stirred  others  to  enthusiasm  and  soon  achieved  a  score  of  members  for 
the  post,  the  third  in  the  state  to  be  organized. 

John  L.  Brown,  editor  of  the  Glen  Ellyan. 

Fire  Truck  bought  for  $4,396,  officers  signing  note  for  $3,000. 

At  the  election  on  October  25th,  the  people  voted  for  a  park,  created 
the  Glen  Ellyn  Park  Board  and  elected  five  commissioners:  Archer  E. 
Hayes,  Dr.  W.  H.  Pontious,  William  Kolacek,  D.  S.  Adams,  and  E.  S, 
Hopping.  Later,  M.  W.  Whittemore  was  appointed  attorney,  C.  W. 
Somerville  was  elected  secretary  and  J.  H.  Sonntag,  treasurer.  Mr. 
Raymond  was  paid  $13,000  for  thirteen  acres.  Later,  streets  were  cut 
in  and  the  park  is  now  about  ten  acres,  but  it  also  controls  the  lake, 
about  seventeen  acres,  which  was  turned  over  to  it  by  the  high  school 
board.  Mark  B.  Woods  was  appointed  superintendent  of  the  Glen  Ellyn 
Parks  and  has  had  charge  of  their  care  and  landscaping  since  their 
beginning. 

Eighty-six  men  in  Co.  G.  6th  Reg.  I.  R.  M.  (Home  Guards)  when  de- 
mobilized. 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Sanderson  was  in  New  York  in  September  when  the  troops 
came  home.  She  sat  in  the  reviewing  stand  with  Al  Smith  and  other 
notables,  for  six  solid  hours,  the  time  it  took  for  the  whole  parade  to 
pass  that  given  point. 

Skeleton  of  an  Indian  found  by  J.  L.  Arnold,  superintendent  of  sewers, 
while  cutting  a  street  through  from  Taylor  Avenue  to  Bryant. 

Miss  Minnie  Falk  began  to  watch  the  crossings  at  Park  Blvd. 

GLEN  ELLYN— GROWING  UP 

1920  Free  delivery  of  mails  begun  and  houses  numbered. 

Population  of  the  county,  42,120. 

Main  Street  School  built. 

Herbert  S.  Gilbert  elected  village  president. 

October  30th,  William  Newton,  grandson  of  Dr.  LeRoy  Quitterfield 
Newton,  who  built  the  first  railroad  station,  and  the  first  frame  house 
in  Danby  on  the  corner  of  Pennsylvania  and  Main,  and  who  owned  the 
land  where  the  village  stands  today,  deeded  that  pioneer  corner,  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Main,  to  the  village  for  its  village  home.  It  is  now  cared 
for  as  a  park,  until  such  time  as  the  village  may  be  able  to  build  a 
suitable  official  home  on  it.  Time  was  when  this  square  was  a  pasture 
lot  where  a  village  cow  owned  by  the  A.  R.  Utt's  browsed  away  her 
peaceful  days. 

Glen  Ellyn  definitely  changed  its  character  again,  from  a  pleasant 
country  town,  and  became  a  thriving  and  prosperous  suburb  of  Chicago. 


TEE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  113 

1920  The  Glen  Ellyn  Free  Public  Library  Board  consisted  of  Miss  Clara  S. 
Boyle,  president,  Frank  H.  Thomas,  Ada  D.  Harmon,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Somer- 
ville  and  Dr.  Burton  Tunison.  He  was  elected  to  fill  out  Mrs.  Frances 
Hopper's  unexpired  term,  ending  her  thirteen  years'  service  on  the  library 
board  which  had  put  the  library  in  its  Carnegie  building  and  established 
it  as  a  free  library  with  an  income  from  taxation.  That  income  from 
the  1919  taxes  was  $1,425.80.  Mrs.  Elizabeth  M.  Southward,  now  librarian 
at  Maywood,  ended  her  service  as  librarian  here,  and  Miss  Grace 
McMahon  came  to  the  library  in  November  of  this  year. 

"It  is  not  with  the  idea  of  taking  any  credit  from  the  faithful  few  who 
preceded  Miss  Clara  S.  Boyle  in  the  library  idea  in  our  village  that  this 
brief  account  of  her  invaluable  service  to  the  Glen  Ellyn  Free  Public  is 
offered,  but  of  making  its  history  more  complete. 

"Miss  Boyle  was  elected  twice  to  the  board  of  directors  and  served  five 
consecutive  years,  one  full  term  of  three  years  and  an  unexpired  term  of 
two  years.  The  one  outstanding  service  and  accomplishment,  credit  for 
which  belongs  to  Miss  Boyle  alone,  was  putting  the  library  on  a  paying 
basis  by  instituting  a  sound  budget  system.  It  was  under  her  direction 
that  the  great  task  of  accessioning  and  cataloguing  the  library  was 
begun  with  the  very  able  assistance  of  Mrs.  E.  M.  Southward,  the 
librarian. 

"At  the  time  of  the  death  of  Andrew  Carnegie,  Miss  Boyle,  always 
on  the  alert,  drew  up  and  presented  an  appropriate  set  of  resolutions 
which  were  accepted  by  the  board.  A  copy  of  them  was  forwarded  to 
Mrs.  Carnegie  and  a  most  appreciative  letter  was  sent  back  by  the  widow, 
acknowledging  the  resolution  and  remarking  that  the  Glen  Ellyn  Library 
was  one  of  a  comparatively  few  of  the  libraries  endowed  by  Mr.  Carnegie 
during  his  lifetime,  that  recognized  his  passing  in  this  way. 

"Miss  Boyle  had  had  an  intensive  business  experience,  she  was  a  lover 
and  connoisseur  of  good  books,  she  was  practical  and  wisely  economical 
in  administrative  affairs,  and  she  gave  most  generously  of  her  time,  her 
strength  and  her  money.  The  combination  was  all  to  the  grand  good 
fortune  of  our  library.  To  have  worked  with  her  was  to  have  profited 
much." — A  co-worker. 

North  DuPage  League  of  Women  Voters  organized.  It  has  sponsored 
a  "School  of  Citizenship"  for  several  years  in  the  village. 

Jack  O'Donnell  started  his  electrical  shop  at  491  Main  Street.  May  9th, 
1922  at  4:00  o'clock  of  a  snowy  morning,  occurred  the  last  downtown  fire 
to  date  completely  destroying  the  wooden  building  containing  the  electric 
shop,  a  battery  shop  and  the  Rystrom  jewelry  store.  There  was  consid- 
erable loss  to  the  firms  concerned,  the  O'Donnell's,  for  instance,  had  just 
the  day  before  had  delivered  to  them  the  new  lighting  fixtures  for  the 
Gilbert  home.  But  the  old  building  was  quickly  replaced  with  an  attrac- 
tive new  brick  one  and  the  electric  shop  and  jewelry  store  have  outgrown 
their  bad  luck. 

In  the  classified  section  of  the  telephone  directory  are  mentioned  just 
three  real  estate  companies  in  Glen  Ellyn:  Lee  Lothrop  Brown  and  Co., 
Joseph  Clarke  and  L.  O.  Farnsworth.  In  the  1928  Directory  are  listed 
twenty:  Ray  E.  Bick  and  Co.,  L.  H.  Chamberlin,  Joseph  Clarke,  Beezley 
and  Co.,  L.  O.  Farnsworth,  A.  C.  Hoy  and  Co.,  Johansen  and  Co., 
Klein  and  Co.,  LeMessurier  and  Co.,  Mary  Vance  Lewis,  Majestic 
Realty  Corporation,  Geo.  P.  Meacham  and  Co.,  The  R.  V.  Spalding  Or- 
ganization, O.  E.  Tope,  Van  Burkom  and  Co.,  J.  H.  Wagoner,  Webster 
Realty  Service,  R.  A.  Wilcox,  J.  G.  Wozencraft  and  W.  H.  Wright  and  Co. 
This  registers  what  has  been  happening  to  the  village  in  these  last  few 
years. 

A  total  of  $39,220  came  to  the  village  as  its  share  of  the  1919  taxes 
on  the  W.  P.  Cowan  estate,  due  to  the  fact  that  the  estate's  administrator, 


114  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1920  A.  C.  Hoy,  lived  here  and  that  R.  F.  Locke,  attorney  for  the  two  school 
boards,  prosecuted  the  village's  opportunities  in  that  direction.  The 
village  itself  received  $7,420;  the  library,  $861.25;  the  high  school  board, 
$13,250,  and  school  district  No.  41  (our  grade  schools),  $17,688.75. 

Dr.  James  Saunders  passed  away  in  May,  leaving  in  his  will  bequests 
of  $1,000  each  to  the  Glen  Ellyn  Free  Public  Library,  to  the  Masonic 
Lodge,  to  St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church,  to  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  to  the  First  Methodist  Church,  and  to  the  Grace  Lutheran 
Church. 

1921  Girl  Reserves  organized,  Mrs.  G.  M.  Kendall,  organizer  and  adviser; 
president,  Philadel  Hauk;  vice  president,  Maurine  Tatham;  secretary, 
Dorothy  Jeff ers;  treasurer,  Frances  Kimball;  program  chairman,  Dorothy 
Smith;  membership  chairman,  Patricia  Berger;  social  chairman,  Abby 
Kendall,  and  service  chairman,  Amy  Crisler. 

March,  I.  B.  Clarke  started  the  Avenue  Garage,  and  was  joined  by 
his   brother,   J.   P.    Clarke,    the   following   year. 

April  9,  on  petition  of  over  two-thirds  of  voters  in  District  44  (Lom- 
bard District)  this  territory  and  some  added  territory  to  the  south  was 
annexed  to  the  high  school  district  and  the  name  changed  to  Glenbard 
Township  High  School,  District  No.  87. 

Seven  hundred  seventy-two  electric  light  meters;  880  gas  meters  in  use 
in  village. 

Athletic  Field  developed  on  shallow  end  of  lake  for  Glenbard  High. 

Royal  T.  Morgan,  Woman's  Relief  Corps,  organized  in  Aurora,  January 
5th,  named  for  Civil  War  veteran  whose  son  Lewis  V.  Morgan  is  now 
county  superintendent  of  schools,  succeeding  his  father  who  served  in 
that  capacity  for  fifty  years. 

Girl  Reserves,  high  school  group,  organized  in  October,  Mrs.  George 
M.  Kendall,  organizer  and  advisor. 

Queen  Esther  Circle  of  the  Methodist  church  met  with  Mrs.  Calvin 
Wagner,  542  Duane,  and  elected  the  following  officers:  superintendent, 
Mrs.  A.  R.  Shepherd;  president,  Alice  Kellogg;  vice-president,  Helen 
Lehne;  secretary,  Miriam  Christensen;  treasurer,  Martha  Jhoenk;  secre- 
tary of  supplies,  Camilla  Fuchs.  The  next  meeting  was  with  Ruth 
Hibbard. 

July,  Evert  O.  Moulin,  551  Geneva  Road,  sailed  for  Rotterdam  to  visit 
his  sister  whom  he  had  not  seen  for  twenty-eight  years.  "Mr.  Moulin 
will  be  kind  enough  to  send  us  a  communication  of  the  state  of  affairs 
in  Europe  upon  his  arrival  there." — The  Glen  Ellyan,  Harold  E.  Gray, 
proprietor. 

In  October,  Dr.  Morrow  began  the  practice  of  medicine  in  the  village. 

1922  Joy  Morton  announced  the  Morton  Arboretum  which  is  about  twenty-five 
miles  west  of  Chicago  in  DuPage  County,  between  Glen  Ellyn  and  Lisle 
on  Joliet  Road.  It  can  be  reached  by  motor  over  Ogden  Avenue  or 
Roosevelt  Road,  being  one  mile  north  of  the  former,  and  three  miles 
south  of  the  latter  on  the  Joliet  Road;  or  by  the  C.  B.  &  Q.  Railroad  to 
Lisle,  or  the  C.  &  N.  W.  Railway  or  Chicago  Aurora  &  Elgin  to  Glen 
Ellyn  and  thence  by  motor  on  the  Joliet  Road. 

The  Arboretum  was  founded  by  Mr.  Morton  for  the  purpose  of  creating 
a  foundation  for  practical,  scientific  research  work  in  horticulture  and 
agriculture,  particularly  in  the  growth  and  culture  of  trees,  shrubs,  and 
vines,  by  means  of  a  great  outdoor  museum  arranged  for  convenient 
study  of  every  species,  variety,  and  hybrid  of  the  woody  plants  of  the 


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1922  world  able  to  support  the  climate  of  Illinois,  such  museum  being  equip- 
ped with  an  herbarium,  a  reference  library,  and  laboratories  for  the  study 
of  trees  and  other  plants,  with  reference  to  their  characters,  relationships, 
economic  value,  geographical  distribution  and  their  improvement  by 
selection  and  hybridization;  and  for  the  publication  of  the  results  obtained 
in  these  laboratories  by  the  officials  and  students  of  the  Arboretum,  in 
order  to  increase  the  general  knowledge  and  love  of  trees  and  shrubs, 
and  bring  about  an  increase  and  improvement  in  their  growth  and  culture. 

The  Morton  Arboretum  covers  about  400  acres  of  picturesquely  rolling 
land,  with  the  East  Fork  of  the  DuPage  River  running  through  it, 
several  lakes  on  it,  and  over  ten  miles  of  roadway  winding  charmingly 
through  it,  and  is  owned  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
Morton  Arboretum. 

There  are  more  than  4,500  species  of  plants,  trees,  vines,  etc.,  now 
growing,  and  more  being  added  constantly. 

The  grounds  are  open  to  the  public  daily  except  when  the  weather 
prohibits  the  use  of  the  roads.  There  is  as  much  beauty  here  as  is  to  be 
found  in  any  spot  of  the  country. 

A  very  interesting  bulletin  on  the  work  at  the  Arboretum  is  issued 
twelve  times  a  year,  edited  by  H.  Teuscher.  This  gives  the  reader  many 
practical  planting  suggestions  to  apply  to  his  own  grounds. 

Joy  Morton  was  born  in  Detroit,  September  27,  1855,  son  of  J.  Sterling 
and  Caroline  (Joy)  Morton.  J.  Sterling  Morton  was  secretary  of  state 
under  Grover  Cleveland,  and  the  originator  of  Arbor  Day.  He  also  gave 
a  great  arboretum  to  the  state  of  Nebraska,  near  Lincoln,  where  he  lived 
for  many  years. 

Joy  Morton  was  educated  at  Talbott  Hall,  Nebraska  City,  Nebraska, 
married  Carrie,  daughter  of  Judge  George  B.  Lake  of  Omaha,  1880, 
(died  1915)  married  Margaret  Gray  of  Newburg,  Indiana,  1917,  came  to 
DuPage  County  in  1906 

Owns  the  Morton  Salt  Company  and  much  real  estate  in  Chicago  and 
the  country,  his  county  acreage  totaling  2,000  acres. 

The  Pittsford  store  was  started  on  Main  Street,  where  Capps  &  Co. 
now  are,  with  James  B.  Baughn  as  manager. 

The  American  Legion  Auxiliary  started  in  the  fall.  A  called  meeting 
for  the  purpose  was  held  at  the  little  Glen  Theatre  on  Main  Street,  at 
which  Earl  Rathbun  talked  to  the  fourteen  women  gathered  together  who 
became  the  charter  members:  Mrs.  J.  H.  Gordon,  Mrs.  Acors  Rathbun, 
Mrs.  Florence  Kroeger,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Knapp,  Mrs.  Joseph  Clarke,  Mrs.  Fred 
Surkamer,  Mrs.  Sam  Bowden,  Mrs.  John  Baron,  Mrs.  Fannie  Newton, 
Mrs.  Margaret  Foster,  Mrs.  Melville,  Misses  Belle  and  Elsie  Melville, 
Miss  Pauline  Simpson.  Mrs.  Knapp  was  first  president,  Mrs.  Kroeger, 
vice  president,  and  Mrs.  Rathbun,  treasurer. 

Catholic  Woman's  Club  organized  by  Mrs.  Frank  M.  Ellsworth  of 
Wheaton. 

Salvation  Army  farm  sold  and  subdivided  as  Southcrest  between  Main 
street  and  Park  Boulevard,  and  south  of  the  Overman  Lake. 

Izaak  Walton  League  formed  and  began  to  work  for  a  forest  preserve. 

2,200  acres  of  the  county  were  subdivided  into  residential  lots  this 
year. 

Glen  Ellyn  News  incorporated,  December  13,  George  W.  Day,  business 
manager,  T.  P.  Coates,  editor,  Audrie  Alspaugh  Chase,  assistant  editor. 

Amos  Churchill  died  July  15th,  aged  eighty-two,  at  Long  Beach,  Cali- 
fornia.    He   was   laid   to   rest  in  Forest  Hill   Cemetery.     He   was   the 


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1922  grandson  of  the  village's  first  settler,  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill,  himself 
a  soldier  of  the  Civil  War,  a  pioneer  in  progress  and  a  leading  citizen. 

Memorial  Fountain  installed  in  Ellyn  Lake  Park  to  the  memory  of 
the  soldiers  and  sailors  in  the  World  War,  inscribed  with  the  names  of 
all  from  Glen  Ellyn  who  served.  The  cost  was  $1,037,  and  the  funds 
were  raised  by  a  committee  appointed  by  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club 
of  which  Mrs.  William  F.  Jensen  was  chairman.  Dedication  services 
were  held  on  Armistice  Day,  November  11. 

The  Kate  Sheldon  Treat  Memorial  Fund  of  $500  given  to  the  Glen 
Ellyn  Library  with  which  a  bond  was  purchased  and  the  income  spent 
each  year  on  books  for  boys  as  specified  by  the  donor,  Miss  Ada  Douglas 
Harmon,  Miss  Treat's  cousin. 

Friends  of  the  Library  organized  with  an  executive  committee  of 
ten:  Mrs.  B.  F.  March,  Mrs.  Ford  J.  Allen,  Mrs.  G.  M.  Kendall,  Mrs. 
C.  E.  Shattuc,  Mrs.  John  Myers,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Fork,  Mrs,  Al  Chase, 
Mrs.  L.  R.  Christie,  Mrs.  E.  B.  Jewell  and  Mrs.  F.  M.  Cole.  They  solicited 
dollar  memberships  and  the  first  year  gave  $365  to  the  library. 

June,  High  School  board  turned  lake  over  to  Park  Board,  stipulating 
that  if  it  ever  ceased  to  be  a  lake,  it  shall  revert  to  the  high  school. 

Artesian  well  drilled. 

December  18,  DuPage  County  Bank  became  DuPage  Trust  Company. 

First  year  village  automobile  licenses  were  issued. 

The  Glen  Ellyn  Dramatic  Club  organized  and  functioned  for  about  two 
years,  meeting  in  Library  Hall  with  a  special  director,  Mrs.  Hazel,  and 
giving  several  groups  of  short  plays  to  the  public.  Among  the  plays 
presented  were  "Suppressed  Desires,"  "Joint  Owners  in  Spain,"  "Rising 
of  the  Moon,"  "Twelve  Pound  Look,"  "Minnikin  and  Mannikin"  and  "The 
Beau  of  Bath."  Among  the  members  were  Mrs.  G.  M.  Kendall,  Beth  and 
Wilma  Skidmore,  Irene  Enders,  Loren  Wilkinson,  Minnie  and  Maybelle 
Richardson,  Edgar  Beatty,  Edith  McCormick,  Winifred  Hastings,  Belle 
Melville,  Lucille  Nichols,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dwight  Early,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jack 
Phillips,  Leo  Newman,  Herbert  Moulton  and  Franklyn  Murray. 

1923  Douglas  B.  Robertson  elected  village  president. 

Lion's  Club  organized,  with  a  membership  of  fifty  and  these  officers: 
president,  John  G.  Wozencraft;  first  vice  president,  W.  P.  Cooper;  second 
vice  president,  R.  V.  Spalding;  third  vice  president,  Charles  McChesney; 
secretary  and  treasurer,  George  Meacham;  Tail  Twister,  Mr.  Bagley. 

February  1st,  John  L.  Bender,  now  advertising  manager,  joined  staff 
of  Glen  Ellyn  News. 

Art  Department  of  the  G.  E.  W.  Club  started  by  Mrs.  Paul  Green. 

March  7,  L.  C.  Cooper  died,  for  fifty  years  on  the  legal  staff  of  the 
North  Western. 

Dr.  Allen  S.  Watson  came  to  practice  medicine,  associated  with  Dr. 
Higley. 

Ordinance  for  zoning  the  village  adopted  April  18,  and  the  following 
board  appointed  by  President  Robertson:  Ralph  B.  Treadway,  Eugene 
Hall,  Al  Chase,  Stanley  Wagner  and  John  Bingham.  Jacob  L.  Crane  pre- 
pared the  zoning  plat  and  spoke  at  public  hearings. 

May  15,  Glenbard  Township  High  School  dedicated  with  the  following 
program:  Invocation,  Rev.  John  Arthur;  "The  High  School  1915-1923," 
by  W.  W.  Reed;    "The  Building,"   Frank  S.  Baker;    "Columbus,"   E.   S. 


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1923  Hosmer;  "An  Appreciation  of  the  Students,"  Albert  E.  Germer;  "Will  the 
Investment  Pay?"  Fred  L.  Biester;  Dedication,  Louis  J.  Thiele;  chorus 
seventh  and  eighth  grades  of  Lombard  and  Glen  Ellyn  and  high  school 
pupils,  conducted  by  Miss  Margaret  Taylor;  solo  by  Walter  Boydston; 
benediction,  Rev.  Frank  Hancock. 

September  10th,  Sunday  afternoon,  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  high 
school  building,  Glenbard,  laid.  Archibald  M.  Hall,  Ph.  D.,  of  Indian- 
apolis, made  the  speech  of  the  afternoon  in  Grace  Lutheran  Church,  and 
then  people  marched  over  to  the  high  school  construction  in  the  rain  and 
stood  under  dripping  umbrellas  during  the  cornerstone  laying.  The 
building  is  set  into  the  side  of  the  hill,  so  the  cornerstone  was  laid  on  the 
third  story  where  the  floor  of  the  third  story  meets  the  grade  of  the 
hill  on  the  upward  slope. 

The  building  was  designed  by  Coolidge  and  Hodgdon,  who  among 
other  fine  edifices  have  designed  the  Art  Institute,  the  Chicago  Public 
Library  and  Ida  Noyes  Hall  at  the  University  of  Chicago.  F.  W.  Camp 
was  chairman  of  the  building  committee  that  engaged  the  architects. 

Dr.  E.  S.  Higley  killed,  December  31st,  by  a  Freeport  train,  as  he  was 
crossing  North  Western  tracks  at  Prospect  in  a  blinding  snowstorm. 

Betty  Jane  Meinardi,  four  years  and  three  months  old,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  Meinardi,  won  first  place  in  the  baby  contest  at  the 
Central  States  Fair  at  Aurora.  There  were  700  babies  entered  and 
Betty  Jane  scored  99.5  points.  She  received  the  Governor's  cup  and  a 
Shetland  pony. 

Old  Randall  house  sold  to  I.  M.  Bloch,  who  built  the  group  of  buildings 
at  Main  and  Duane,  where  the  Baxter  Drug  Store  now  stands.  It  was 
once  on  a  big  lot  before  the  A.  E.  &  C.  R.  R.  came  through,  built  in 
1854  by  Henry  Benjamin,  first  teacher  at  Duane,  and  occupied  for  years 
by  Mrs.  Capron,  aunt  of  O.  D.  Dodge,  before  the  quarter  century  in  which 
Mr.  Randall  and  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Jauch,  lived  in  it.  It  was  moved 
west  on  Duane  by  R.  A.  Wilcox  who  rents  it  to  tenants. 

The  first  officers  of  the  Park  and  Playground  Association,  started  be- 
cause of  the  danger  of  Spalding  Point  being  built  on,  were:  president, 
B.  F.  March;  first  vice-president,  Dr.  John  L.  Kendall;  second  vice-presi- 
dent, M.  W.  Whittemore;  secretary,  Horace  G.  Lozier;  corresponding 
secretary,  Miss  Ethel  Mason;  treasurer,  W.  H.  Crumb.  Negotiations  for 
the  purchase  of  Spalding  Point,  the  ball  park  and  the  Beauregard 
property,  ten  acres  in  all,  to  make  the  whole  of  Memorial  Park,  were 
instituted  through  this  organization  at  this  time  and  the  whole  was  not 
concluded  until  1926. 

September,  Dr.  G.  E.  Nicolls  began  the  practice  of  dentistry. 

Friday  Afternoon  Reading  Club  started  in  January  at  the  home  of  the 
late  Mrs.  Joseph  Williams,  limited  to  twelve  members,  with  10  cents  a 
week  dues  per  member,  to  be  used  for  charity  .Among  the  members 
were:  Mrs.  C.  K.  Howard,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Elsy,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hall,  Mrs.  Fred 
W.  Bowen,  Mrs.  Eustace  Knight,  Mrs.  Frank  Johnson,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Utt, 
Mrs.  Walter  Conyers,  Mrs.  Myrtle  Langdon,  Mrs.  S.  G.  Cutler,  Mrs.  H.  J. 
Mitchell  and  Mrs.  M.  J.  Milmoe. 

1924  Population  of  county,  80,132. 


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1924  Anan  Harmon  Chapter  of  the  D.  A.  R.,  organized  January  23rd,  by 
Christine  Johnson  Whitlock,  founder.  The  organization  members  were: 
Ada  Douglas  Harmon,  Josephine  Van  Doren  Holch,  Harriet  Mullen 
Huskey,  Bessie  Clute  Huwen,  Blythe  Poage  Kaiser,  Abbie  Skill-en  Kendall, 
Edith  Berry  Lee,  Ethel  Winslow  Mason,  Amy  Elizabeth  Pelham,  Louise 
Mullen  Rankin,  Lillian  King  Shattuc. 


Anan  Harmon  Chapter  D.  A.  R. 

Lake  Ellyn  designated  by  the  "Better  Community  Movement"  under  the 
auspices  of  the  University  of  Illinois  as  one  of  the  sixty  beauty  spots  in 
the  state,  which  are  to  be  appropriately  marked  and  located  on  road 


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119 


1924  and  auto  maps.  One  hundred  such  spots  were  sought,  but  only  sixty 
could  be  found.  The  choice  was  made  from  photographs  sent  in  from 
all  over  the  state,  and  H.  B.  Thomas  submitted  the  Lake  Ellyn  prize 
winning  pictures,  which  are  to  be  retained  by  the  University  as  a  per- 
manent loan  exhibit.  This  was  done  under  the  auspices  of  the  Art  Ex- 
tension Committee,  of  which  Marjorie  Howe  Dixon  was  chairman,  Mrs. 
W.  G.  Kaiser  was  secretary-treasurer  and  Mrs.  C.  G.  Whitlock,  Frederick 
Walker,  H.  B.  Thomas,  Mrs.  Frank  Taylor,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Childs,  Stanley 
Cutler,  U.  S.  Abell,  Mrs.  F.  Donovan,  Louis  Zander,  W.  E.  Dixon,  C.  C. 
Cash,  Mrs.  N.  W.  Purdum,  Miss  Ada  D.  Harmon  and  Mrs.  John  Clark 
were  the  other  members. 


A  Glimpse  of  Lake  Ellyn 


Four  medals,  one  to  one  member  of  each  class,  awarded  for  leader- 
ship and  general  qualities  of  character  were  offered  by  a  public-spirited 
but  anonymous  citizen,  to  the  high  school.  The  awards  the  first  year 
were  given  to:  Senior,  George  Bailey;  Junior,  Dorothy  Locke;  Sophomore, 
John  Young;  Freshman,  Marian  Milmoe.  In  1922:  Senior,  Alpheus 
Maples;  Junior,  Dorothy  Jeffers;  Sophomore,  Mary  Badger;  Freshman, 
Camilla  Fuchs  and  Ruth  Norman.  In  1923:  Senior,  Charleta  Taylor; 
Junior,  Grace  Kendall;  Sophomore,  Lucille  Tatham;  Freshman,  William 
Lichtenwalter.  In  1924:  Senior,  Margaret  Lindsay;  Junior,  Harvey 
Wienke;  Sophomore,  L~yle  Rossiter;  Freshman,  Charles  Hamilton.  The 
same  donor  this  year  began  to  give  an  athletic  scholarship  and  general 
character  medal  which  was  awarded  to  William  Tillman. 

In  1925  the  medal  winners  were:  Senior,  Florence  Branand;  Junior, 
Walter  Rogers;  Sophomore,  Charles  Hamilton;  Freshman,  Margaret 
Erickson.     The  athletic  medal  went  to  William  Tillman. 


120  TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1924  In  1926  the  medal  winners  were:  Senior,  William  Lichtenwalter;  Junior, 
Charles  Hamilton;  Sophomore,  Charlotte  Rossiter;  Freshman,  Ardin 
Buell;  the  athletic  medal  again  to  William  Tillman. 

In  1927  the  medals  were  awarded:  Senior,  Charles  Hamilton;  Junior, 
Margaret  Erickson;  Sophomore,  Wilbur  Osterling;  Freshman,  Louella 
Jameson;  the  athletic  medal  to  Hillis  Cash. 

In  1928  the  medals  went  to:  Senior,  Ruth  Howe;  Junior,  Joe  Milmoe; 
Sophomore,  June  Meister;  Freshman,  Jesse  Wagner;  the  athletic  medal 
to  Harold  Zearing. 

The  Glen  Ellyn  Reds  began  playing  baseball  under  the  Glen  Ellyn 
Baseball  Association,  of  which  Jack  W.  Young  was  and  is  president  and 
business  manager.  Some  of  the  original  players  were  from  the  American 
Legion  team,  and  they  and  several  others  are  with  the  present  team. 
Among  them  were:  Al  Ludeke,  Beaumont  Paine,  Larry  Plummer,  Walter 
Ludeke,  Phelps  Pratt,  Leslie  Robey,  Eddie  Templin  and  Harry  Rathbun. 
The  Reds  at  first  rented  their  field  from  Mrs.  Jessie  Patterson,  and  then  it 
was  carried  by  the  Park  and  Playground  Association  until  taken  over  by 
the  park  board  as  part  of  Memorial  Park.  The  Reds  spent  $2,800  building 
the  grandstand,  the  backstops,  putting  up  fences  and  filling  in  the  field. 
In  1924  they  won  tne  championship  in  the  DuPage  League  and  the  cup 
therefore  presented  by  the  Spaulding  Company. 

Mrs.  Alfred  Foster,  of  439  Arlington  Ave.,  started  raising  canaries 
with  two  pairs  of  parent  birds.  In  1928  she  raised  388  songsters.  First 
cement  foundation  in  this  part  of  the  country  put  in  in  his  own  house  at 
Linden  and  Western,  now  occupied  by  Joe  Trefny,  by  Alfred  Foster  in 
1902.  At  the  time  this  house  was  built  there  were  no  houses  north  of 
Hawthorne  and  west  of  Main  Street  but  the  Dieterle  and  the  Philo  Stacy 
homes. 

The  charter  for  the  Glen  Ellyn  Honor  Chapter  of  the  National  Honor 
Society  of  Secondary  Schools  is  dated  May  20th.  The  membership  re- 
quirements demand  election  of  students  not  to  exceed  15%  of  the  upper 
one-third  in  grades.  The  charter  members  for  Glenbard  were:  Charles 
Chandler,  Margaret  Lindsay,  Marian  Milmoe,  Mary  Badger,  Glen  An- 
drews, Eleanor  Anderson,  Grace  Kendall  and  Dorothy  Johnson. 

Aeroplane  picture  of  Glen  Ellyn  on  opposite  page,  showing  lake  in 
upper  right  hand  corner;  the  sweep  of  Crescent;  the  curve  of  Phillips; 
the  bend  of  North  Main. 

Newton-Baethke  building  erected  on  southwest  corner  of  Main  and 
Crescent,  L.  R.  Christie,  architect,  the  first  filling  station  built  in  Glen 
Ellyn.  It  was  also  the  first  construction  work  in  the  wave  of  modern 
building  which  started  then  and  is  still  sweeping  through  the  village. 

R.  D.  Bowden  came  as  superintendent  of  schools. 

1925  James  H.  Slawson  elected  village  president. 

Addition  built  on  library,  costing  $9,000,  raised  almost  entirely  from 
gifts,  under  the  auspices  of  the  board  members,  president,  Mrs.  R.  B. 
Treadway;  secretary,  Mrs.  Wm.  N.  Graves;  Mrs.  L.  R.  Christie,  Mrs. 
Evelyn  McCormick,  J.  R.  Stewart  and  H.  H.  Hitt. 

Addition  built  on  Hawthorne  School. 

Garden  Club  organized  in  January  with  Mrs.  George  Kendall,  organizer, 
the  first  president. 

D.  A.  R.  dedicated  stone  to  pioneers  at  Stacy  Park,  June  14th. 


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1925  North  Glen  Ellyn  Improvement  Association  started  by  Mrs.  F.  J.  Huwen, 
which  has  sponsored  Boy  Scout,  Camp  Fire  and  Bluebird  activities, 
worked  for  street  lights,  helped  Forest  Glen  P.  T.  A.  complete  kit- 
chen and  hall  in  school  and  pushed  the  spring  clean-up.  The  first  officers 
were:  president,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Huwen;  vice  president,  Mrs.  Wm.  Schaefer; 
secretary,  Mrs.  Paul  Whitley;  treasurer,  Mrs.  M.  J.  Cheney.  About 
thirty-five  families  were  included. 


North  Glen  Ellyn  Bluebirds  in  Stacy  Park 

In  April,  under  Douglas  B.  Robertson's  administration,  the  ordinance 
authorizing  a  plan  commission  was  adopted.  In  August,  the  first  com- 
mission was  appointed  by  President  Slawson:  A.  W.  Rathbun,  Al  Chase, 
L.  R.  Christie,  Mrs.  G.  M.  Kendall,  George  S.  Guertin  and  Horace  G. 
Lozier,    chairman. 

Mrs.  William  Penrose,  mother  of  Mrs.  George  Meacham,  passed  away. 

May  24,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  J.  Milmoe  bought  the  controlling  interest  in 
the  Glen  Ellyn  News  and  Lillian  King  Shattuc  became  editor. 

In  October,  The  Glen  Ellyn  Choral  Club  was  organized  with  Hermon 
Cooper  president;  Mrs.  John  C.  Morrow,  vice  president;  Ma,ren  Johansen, 
secretary;  Mildred  Thiele,  treasurer,  and  Mrs.  Andrew  N.  Fox,  librarian. 
The  club  met  first  at  Library  Hall  and  then  at  Duane  Street  School.  Its 
constitution  was  based  on  that  of  the  Chicago  Apollo  Club.  Its 
promoters  were  the  Misses  Johansen  and  Thiele,  the  Mmes.  A.  N.  Fox, 
E.  J.  Wienke,  W.  G.  Kaiser,  L.  B.  Hill,  J.  C.  Morrow,  N.  W.  Purdum, 
and  the  Messrs  and  Mmes  August  Steinberg,  W.  H.  Rose,  R.  D.  Bowden, 
and  W.  P.  Cooper.  Thomas  Pape,  of  Downers  Grove,  was  engaged  as 
conductor,  and  Nellie  Gordon  Blasius  as  accompanist.  Several  concerts 
have  been  given  in  the  years  of  organization. 

Catholic  Church  organized.  Named  St.  Petronille;  first  priest  in  charge 
Rev.  Walter  L.  Fasnacht.  Building  located  on  Hillside  near  Prospect,  the 
old  Ferries  home  at  the  corner  serving  as  the  priest's  home.  The  building 
was  dedicated  November  7th,  by  Cardinal  Mundelein. 


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1925  Illinois  Bell  Telephone  Company  built  an  exchange  at  492  Pennsylvania 
which  is  designed  to  care  for  large  future  growth.  At  that  time  there 
were  616  circuits  involved  and  1,370  stations. 

Tiny  Hoy  real  estate  office  built  on  Crescent,  architects,  Walker  and 
Angell.  First  building  of  Old  English  design,  commended  by  the  Plan 
Commission,  followed  by  later  buildings,  giving  Glen  Ellyn  a  business 
district  of  beauty.  Filling  station  on  Forest  and  Crescent  built  after 
office  was  finished. 

1926  Population,  6,800. 

Pupils  in  the  grade  schools,  924;  pupils  in  the  high  school,  485. 

New  Chicago,  Aurora  and  Elgin  Electric  railroad  station  built,  the 
most  beautiful  one  on  the  line,  its  beauty  being  due  to  the  Glen  Ellyn 
Plan  Commission  which  urged  the  company  to  discard  its  commonplace 
plan  for  one  more  in  keeping  with  the  contemplated  development  of 
the  village  of  Glen  Ellyn.  The  village  is  grateful  to  the  authorities  of 
the  electric  road  for  co-operating  so  effectively.  John  Archibald  Arm- 
strong was  the  architect. 


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Chicago,  Aurora  and  Elgin  Electric  R.  K.  Station 


March,  the  L.  O.  Farnsworth  building  on  South  Main  Street  started, 
Walker  and  Angell,  architects. 

East  half  of  new  bank  building  completed  so  that  post  office  could 
move  in  from  the  DuPage  Trust  building  on  December  17th. 

Herman  and  Otto  Miller  followed  the  design  already  set,  and  remodeled 
their  Glen  Ellyn  Auto  Company  on  Crescent  with  an  Old  English  front, 
L.  R.  Christie,  architect. 

Through  the  efforts  of  M.  W.  Whittemore,  the  Navy  Department 
Bureau  of  Ordnance  gave  Glen  Ellyn  a  10.5  centimeter  gun  for  Memorial 
Park.  It  weighs  2,500  pounds  and  was  shipped  from  Mare  Island  Navy 
Yard,  California. 


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1926  New  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank  Building  begun  on  the  corner  of  Mam  and 
Crescent,  the  site  originally  of  the  old  Mansion  House,  then  of  the  old 
Ehlers'  Hotel  building,  which  made  way  for  the  new  bank.  Joachim 
Guarino  was   the   architect. 


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1926  New  Village  Hall  built  on  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  near  Main  Street,  L.  R. 
Christie,   architect. 

June  16  is  the  date  of  the  deed  giving  the  people  of  the  county  Forest 
Preserve  rights  to  the  little  Herrick  Lake  on  Butterfield  Road.  This 
charming  bit  of  wood  and  lake  land,  80  acres  in  extent,  has  been  the 
mecca  for  summer  and  winter  picnics  of  many  Glen  Ellyn  folks  ever 
since  then. 

It  belonged  originally  to  the  John  Wiesbrook  farm.  Some  thirty  years 
ago  it  was  full  of  lily  pads  and  was  called  Lily  Lake.  Then  it  was  called 
Cassell  Lake,  after  the  farm  adjoining  it.  It  was  almost  lost  to  the 
public  once  for  William  H.  Calhoun,  of  Chicago,  planned  to  build  a  home 
there,  had  his  architect  engaged  and  all  plans  made.  Then,  fortunately 
for  DuPage  County  and  Glen  Ellyn,  he  was  sent  as  minister  to  China, 
and  on  his  return  he  had  changed  his  mind. 

For  some  time  the  property  belonged  to  Frank  E.  Herrick,  Wheaton 
attorney.  Inspired  by  the  persuasions  of  County  Surveyor  A.  L.  Webster, 
he  sold  this  tract  to  the  county  board  for  forest  preserve,  for  less  money 
than  he  could  have  received  for  it  from  real  estate  men,  and  so  put  the 
county  in  the  way  of  a  choice  bit  of  native  woodland  for  perpetual 
public  enjoyment.  A  well  was  put  in  this  summer  which  makes  it  more 
practical  for  picnicing. 

Woodthorp,  just  east  of  Memorial  Park,  and  west  of  Wrightwood, 
opened  for  a  subdivision  in  the  spring  by  Lee  Lothrop  Brown. 

Gladys  Reiner  spent  her  second  year  in  the  Pavley  and  Oukranski 
Ballet  with  the  Chicago  Civic  Opera  Company,  going  on  tour  with  them 
at  the  close  of  the  Chicago  opera  season. 

Presbyterian  Church  organized  May  16th,  Rev.  Leslie  G.  Whitcomb 
first  minister. 

The  village  turned  over  its  lot  on  Main  and  Pennsylvania  to  be  im- 
proved and  made  into  a  garden  by  the  Glen  Ellyn  Garden  Club  to  be  used 
until  the  permanent  Village  Hall  should  be  built. 

The  Free  Methodist  Camp  Meeting  Grounds,  for  more  than  thirty  years, 
the  scene  of  camp  meetings  every  summer,  were  sold  to  W.  H.  Wright 
and  Company  for  sub-division  purposes.  The  camp  grounds  and  two 
small  tracts  on  the  west,  making  thirty  acres,  sold  for  $185,000.  This 
district  was  named  by  a  contest  in  which  Miss  Sophie  Vollmer  of  406 
Hillside  Avenue,  won  the  $100  prize  by  suggesting  the  title  "Wrightwood" 
which  is  the  official  name  for  the  sub-division  between  Crescent  and  the 
North  Western  tracks,  just  west  of  Woodthorp.  The  Free  Methodists 
bought  a  new  camp  home  just  north  of  Downers  Grove. 

Forest  Preserves  in  DuPage  County  are  fourteen,  the  number  of 
acres,  749. 

Spanish- American  War  veterans  organized  in  Villa  Park  in  November, 
with  L.  V.  Calhoun  elected  post  commander.  Those  now  living  in  Glen 
Ellyn  are  John  W.  Young,  John  J.  Moloney,  Wm.  S.  Vaughan,  Joseph  H. 
Wagoner,  Fred  H.  Surkamer,  Jos.  J.  Bordels  and  George  J.  Ball. 

Meacham,  the  settlement  named  after  George  Meacham,  grandfather  of 
George  W.  Meacham,  Jr.,  is  now  the  country  club,  Medinah,  founded  by 
and  for  Shriners. 

December  10,  present  fire  truck  purchased,  a  Seagrove  costing  $6,500. 

Square  Club  organized  by  about  half  dozen  Masons,  Roy  W.  Lindahl, 
first  president. 


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1926  The  Glen  Theatre  on  Crescent  begun  in  summer,  architects,  Betts  and 
Holcomb;  owners,  Charles  W.  Hadley,  Alfred  C.  Hoy  and  Roy  V.  Spald- 
ing. 


The  New  Glen  Theatre  Building 


Rev.  O.  L.  Kiplinger  came  to  the  Congregational  church  in  November. 

June,  the  Birthday  Club  organized  at  the  home  of  Miss  Anna  Gauch  on 
Forest,  a  score  of  women  of  the  neighborhood  gathering  to  celebrate 
the  birthday  of  one  of  the  number,  with  refreshments  and  games — no 
gifts.  Among  those  belonging  are:  Miss  Gauch,  Miss  Pearl  Walker, 
Mesdames  Jacobs,  Kiplinger,  Bowman,  Townsend,  Holch,  Harmon,  Mc- 
Chesney,  Wilbur  and  Hermon  Cooper,  Chester,  Wagoner,  Wm.  Simons, 
Thomas  Watson,  R.  D.  French,  McLaughlin,  Leander  Baker,  Condon. 

Glen  Ellyn  Commercial  Association  formed  with  following  charter 
members:  Patch  Bros.  Inc.;  DuPage  Trust  Co.,  F.  J.  Schreiber,  H.  J. 
Stallsmith,  Capps  &  Co.,  McChesney  &  Miller,  H.  A.  Hansen,  E.  M. 
Leonard,  Glen  Ellyn  Hardware  Co.,  L.  Buchholz  &  Sons,  Glen  Candy 
Shop,  Lee  W.  Brierton,  Hussey-Bergland  Co.,  F.  W.  Baxter,  Albert  A. 
Mesenbrink,  Harold  C.  Prichard,  F.  H.  Bartels,  P.  F.  Pfingsten,  A.  E. 
Richardson,  DuPage  Household  Utilities  Corp.,  E.  Atkinson,  Antiseptic 
Family  Laundry  Inc.,  Newton-Laing  Motor  Sales,  Newton-Baethke  Co., 
The  Glen  News  Printing  Co.,  Jos.  Clarke,  Beezley  and  Co.,  Avenue 
Garage.     Other   members   are:    Parkside   Battery   and   Service    Station, 


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1926  Bertha  Disposal  Co.,  Western  United  Gas  and  Electric  Co.,  John  H. 
Kampp,  Ray  E.  Bick  and  Co.,  Matthias  Klein,  Glen  Ellyn  Recreation 
Parlor,  Earl  Wright,  DuPage  Electric  Co.,  Joel  Baker,  LeMessurier  and 
Co.,  M.  J.  Pittsford,  W.  H.  Wright  and  Co.,  L.  C.  Thompson,  Glen  Ellyn 
Storage  and  Transfer  Co.,  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank,  Oliver  E.  Tope,  Bonde 
and  Simpson,  Brydon's,  Reed's  Bootery,  Ross  Heaney  and  Alfred  Arthur. 
President,  F.  J.  Schreiber;  vice-president,  Bruce  Cumming;  secretary, 
Harold  C.  Prichard;  treasurer,  Wm.  Patch. 

William  J.  Schaefer's  Glen  Ellyn  Storage  and  Warehouse  Co.,  built 
new  fireproof  warehouse  at  Duane  and  Lorraine  streets. 

The  "Soldiers'  Pathway"  in  memory  of  the  men  who  served  in  the 
World  War,  planted  in  Memorial  Park,  in  the  form  of  a  double  line  of 
flowering  crab-apple  trees,  by  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club,  Mrs.  Wm. 
F.  Howe,  chairman  of  the  conservation  comittee.  There  are  170  trees, 
the  pathway  beginning  at  the  east  end  of  the  park  and  following  a 
course  which  leads  to  the  front  of  the  library.  At  the  entrance,  a  fine 
granite  boulder  from  a  farm  on  Geneva  Road,  stands,  one  side  polished 
and  bearing  the  memorial  legend.  The  stone  was  placed  by  A.  R. 
Beidelman  of  Naperville  and  the  trees  by  Mr.  Bruning  of  the  Glen 
Ellyn  Nurseries. 

Dr.  Elmer  F.  Grabow  began  the  practice  of  dentistry  in  August. 

The  value  of  real  estate  in  DuPage  County  is  over  one  hundred  million 
dollars. 

William  Christian,  son  of  one  of  the  91-year-old  twins,  and  grandson 
of  the  original  Deacon  Churchill,  passed  away  at  the  age  of  89.  His 
memory  provided  the  data  for  the  map  of  Stacy's  Corners,  on  page  43. 

Northeast  corner  of  Main  and  Pennsylvania,  146  by  153  feet,  sold  by 
Mrs.  Marian  B.  Saunders  to  W.  A.  Niles.  This  is  noted  because  this  is 
only  the  second  time  the  lot  has  changed  hands  in  its  existence.  An  old 
deed  yellowed  by  sixty  years,  conveyed  "lot  7,  block  1  in  the  town  of 
Danby  to  Miles  Allen,"  signed  by  Rhylander  Taylor  and  Thankful,  his 
wife,  dated  April  24th,  1867.  Mr.  Allen  built  the  house,  now  standing 
on  the  north  of  the  lot,  but  down  at  the  corner  for  his  home  and  for  some 
years  it  was  the  most  pretentious  house  in  the  village.  Here  his  daugh- 
ters, the  Misses  Georgia  and  Fannie,  lived  until  the  death  of  Miss 
Georgia,  the  beloved  teacher  whose  life  is  commemorated  by  a  bronze 
tablet  in  the  Duane  school.  Dr.  Saunders  later  bought  the  property  and 
moved  the  house  to  the  north  corner  where  it  still  stands.  Mrs.  William 
Kloeckner  now  occupies  the  house. 

Community  House  in  Memorial  Park  opened  to  the  public,  partly  fur- 
nished by  money  left  over  from  the  World  War  funds. 

The  Junta  Building,  occupied  formerly  by  A.  R.  Utt  with  his  drug  store 
and  later  by  W.  D.  Heintz,  remodeled  along  Venetian  lines.  Walker  & 
Angell,   architects. 

Southeast  Glen  Ellyn  Improvement  Association  organized. 

1927  January  30,  formal  opening  of  first  addition  of  the  Glenbard  Township 
High  School. 

January  31st,  the  Glen  Theatre  opened  for  its  dedication  and  first 
performance,  showing  "The  Nervous  Wreck."  It  is  an  attractive  building 
of  old  English  type,  its  auditorium  designed  as  a  replica  of  an  old 
baronial  hall  of  Feudal  days.  It  is  leased  and  operated  by  E.  D. 
McLaughlin.    It  has  1,002  seats,  with  facilities  for  450  more  in  the  future. 


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1927  Thomas  A.  Hoadley  died  March  27th.  He  had  lived  for  fifty-two  years 
in  Glen  Ellyn,  for  many  years  conducting  a  shoe  store  on  the  west 
side  of  Main  Street  near  the  corner  of  Pennsylvania. 

The   Poetasters   organized   April   6,   to   study   poetry,    president   Mrs. 
William  Fairbank;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Mrs.  Maxon  M.  Moore. 


Winter  scene  in  Stacy  Park 

Col.  Wm.  R.  Plum  passed  away  April  28,  82  years  old.  Civil  War  vet- 
eran and  resident  of  Lombard  for  fifty-eight  years.  He  presented  his 
home  and  grounds,  "Lilacea,"  to  Lombard  for  library  and  a  park.  He 
was  a  great  lilac  grower,  having  more  than  200  varieties  of  the  lovely 
shrub  on  his  estate.  Some  of  them  are:  President  Lincoln,  Mont  Blanc, 
Macrostachye,  Congo,  Catherine  Havemeyer,  and  Toussant  L'Overture. 
The  house  was  built  in  1868  on  a  five  acre  tract.  The  Colonel  also 
owned  the  largest  collection  of  books  on  the  Civil  War  in  the  country. 
The  property  was  formally  turned  over  in  1928,  the  grounds  to  be  turned 
into  a  park,  under  plans  by  Jens  Jensen,  and  the  house  to  be  adapted  to 
the  needs  of  the  Helen  M.  Plum  Memorial  Library.  In  addition  to  the 
property,  the  library  board  was  given  a  check  for  $25,000  which  the 
colonel  had  left  to  establish  this  library  in  memory  of  his  wife. 

May,  plat  for  Wrightwood  filed  by  W.  L.  Irish,  manager  for  W.  H. 
Wright  &  Co. 

Fred  G.  Myers  died  May  2,  son  of  Wm.  Henry  Myers,  pioneer  of  Danby. 
He  was  born  in  Danby  and  spent  most  of  his  life  here,  at  the  time  of 
his  death  being  chief  of  police,  as  he  had  been  for  some  years. 

May  9th,  Joseph  R.  Smith  passed  away.  He  was  the  brother  of  the  late 
Mrs.  J.  D.  McChesney  and  Mrs.  Nelson  Dodge.  He  came  to  Danby  in 
1865  served  as  village  president  and  was  the  "Father"  of  Glen  Ellyn's 
paving  movement. 

May  15th,  Sunday,  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  Congregational  church 
was  laid.  H.  C.  Cooper,  church  historian,  read  a  sketch  of  the  early 
days,  Dr.  Earnest  Graham  Guthrie  delivered  the  address,  Rev.  Kiplinger 
announced  the  contents  of  the  copper  box  placed  in  the  cornerstone — 


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1927  a  Bible,  an  historic  sketch,  calendars,  current  issues  of  the  Congrega- 
tionalism the  Glen  Ellyn  News,  and  the  Glen  Ellyn  Beacon,  a  list  of 
officers  and  building  committees,  a  list  of  members  soliciting  funds, 
photos  of  officers  and  building  committee  leaders.  W.  A.  Rogers,  chair- 
man of  the  building  committee,  assisted  by  workmen,  put  the  stone  in 
place,  Rev.  Wm.  N.  Tuttle  of  Lombard  offered  a  prayer,  and  Rev.  C.  A. 
Bloomquist  of  the  Methodist  church  expressed  the  greetings  of  the  other 
village  churches.     Architects  were  Holmes  and  Flinn. 

Mrs.  Josephine  Rathbun  died  May  28.  She  came  to  Illinois  in  1839, 
married  Rowland  Rathbun  (who  died  March  11,  1904).  They  were  pion- 
eers, settling  near  Bloomingdale,  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  their  son, 
John  Rathbun. 

May  29th,  W.  H.  Churchill  passed  away,  86  years  of  age,  veteran  of 
the  Civil  War,  descendent  of  the  original  Churchill. 

French  Bridge  Club  started  in  June  by  Mrs.  Jane  Keeney,  Mrs.  C.  G. 
Whitlock,  Mrs.  George  Reeves,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Childs,  Mrs.  R.  W.  Calkins, 
Mrs.  Wm.  H.  Carpenter,  Mrs.  Edward  Dieterle,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Wanner  and 
Miss  Elisabeth  King.  They  conduct  their  game  as  entirely  in  French  as 
its  exigencies  permit. 

July  14,  Alfred  Arthur  opened  the  first  flower  shop  in  the  village  in 
the  DuPage  Trust  Co.  building  on  Crescent. 

On  August  10th,  Frank  Sheahan,  574  Prairie  Avenue,  invited  several 
Baptists  in  Glen  Ellyn  to  his  home  and  the  plan  of  organizing  a  Baptist 
church  was  discussed.  Cottage  prayer  meetings  were  held  regularly 
and  on  November  2  the  church  was  formally  organized,  officers  elected 
and  Rev.  W.  W.  Chandler  called  as  pastor.  The  church  started  with  a 
charter  membership  of  sixty-eight,  and  its  services  were  held  from  the 
first  in  Acacia  Hall. 

Auxiliary  No.  70,  Spanish-American  War  Veterans,  organized  Sep- 
tember 28,  with  the  following  officers:  president,  Mrs.  Margaret  Cal- 
houn; senior  vice  president,  Mrs.  Julia  Shawl;  junior  vice  president,  Mrs. 
Wilmira  Kiefer;  secretary,  Mrs.  Martha  Hodson;  treasurer,  Emma 
Krone;  guard,  Margaret  Mosher;  assistant  guard,  Edith  Schneider;  con- 
ductor, Rose  Vanderkiest;  assistant  conductor,  Mary  Wolff;  patriotic 
instructor,  Maud  Vaughan;   chaplain,  Harriet  Chapman. 

October,  Book  Review  Circle,  conducted  by  Miss  Eleanor  Perkins  of 
Evanston  (daughter  of  Lucy  Fitch  Perkins,  author  of  the  "Twin"  books) 
began  its  first  season  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Wm.  E.  Mason  on  Park 
Boulevard. 

The  Woman's  Exchange  officially  opened  for  business  in  October,  the 
project  launched  by  Mrs.  L.  R.  Christie,  Mrs.  O.  A.  Chandler,  Mrs.  W.  L. 
Ballou,  Mrs.  A.  G.  Hall,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Dietz,  Mrs.  C.  G.  Whitlock,  Mrs.  J.  L. 
Crosby  and  Mrs.  Ford  J.  Allen.  They  rented  space  in  the  old  Higley 
house  on  Duane  Street,  sold  articles  on  a  commission  of  15%  and  suc- 
ceeded from  the  start  in  securing  contributors  and  purchasers. 

November  1st,  the  first  public  performance  in  Acacia  Hall  was  a  play 
given  by  the  Literature  Department  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club,  in 
the  afternoon  to  the  club  at  its  first  meeting  in  the  hall,  and  in  the  eve- 
ning to  the  public  for  the  benefit  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Public  Library.  The 
play  was  "Mr.  Pirn  Passes  By,"  by  A.  A.  Milne,  with  the  following  cast: 
Carraway  Pirn,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Dodge;  George  Marden,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Richardson; 
Olivia  Marden,  Mrs.  V.  L.  Sherman;  Dinah,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Clarahan;  Lady 
Marden,  Mrs.  G.  M.  Griggs;  Brian  Strange,  Mrs.  R.  T.  Calloway;  Anne, 
Mrs.  L.  L.  Kapelsky;  director,  Mrs.  D.  W.  Alspaugh;  stage  manager,  Mrs. 


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1927  W.  A.  Schaefer.  The  Glen  Ellyn  Choral  Club  preceded  the  play  with 
choruses  and  duets  by  W.  W.  Shaw  and  August  Steinberg  under  the 
direction  of  Mr.  Steinberg,  with  Ruth  Sanderson  Phillips  as  accompanist. 


The  home  of  Erastus  Ketcham 


The  B.  F.  Hintze  home  on  St.  Charles  Road,  once  the  house  of  the 
famous  Erastus  Ketcham.  The  Hintzes  have  remodeled  the  house  on 
the  outside  but  have  preserved  all  its  antique  earmarks  in  the  interior 
and  are  furnishing  it  in  keeping.  The  outside  they  made  significant  by 
developing  a  beautiful  garden  which  won  two  Chicago  Tribune  prizes, 
a  second  prize  in  the  spring  and  the  first  prize  for  the  district  in  the  late 
summer. 

Recorder  Lewis  Ellsworth's  books  show  that  the  fees  received  in  1927 
were  fourteen  times  greater  than  those  received  in  1917.  The  sum 
received  for  copying  into  the  records  deeds  for  lands  sold,  mortgages, 
trust  deeds  and  the  like  in  1917  was  $3,266.95  and  in  1927  was  $42,663.65. 

In  1917,  about  fifteen  documents  were  recorded  daily;  in  1927,  about 
seventy  daily.  In  1917,  the  county  recorder's  office  paid  over  to  the 
county  treasurer  $182.40  after  clerk  hire  had  been  deducted  from  the 
receipts;  in  1927,  after  a  similar  deduction,  he  paid  over  $22,076.41. 

Elbert  H.  Gary  passed  away  and  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Gary  mauso- 
leum, at  Wheaton.  He  is  survived  by  his  widow  and  his  two  daughters, 
Mrs.  Gertrude  Sutcliffe,  4955  Kimbark  Ave.,  Chicago,  and  Mrs.  Bertha 
Campbell,  1733  Hinman  Ave.,  Evans  ton. 

Junior  Brown  of  Long  Beach,  California,  made  the  replica  of  "Old 
Ironsides,"  now  in  the  library  loaned  by  the  Boy  Scouts  of  Troop  4. 


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131 


1927  From  a  by-gcme  era  comes  this  picture  of  Erastus  Ketcham,  the  man 
who  lived  so  long  in  the  house  now  occupied  by  the  B.  F.  Hintzes  at  the 
Five  Corners.  For  a  full  description  of  him,  and  to  fit  in  his  times,  see 
page  37.  When  he  lived  in  the  lovely  old  house,  surrounded  now  by  the 
Tribune  prize  garden,  he  kept  a  regular  arsenal,  having  the  rooms  full 
of  this  and  that  sort  of  gun.  He  is  said  to  be  the  first  white  trapper  on 
either  fork  of  the  DuPage  River;  he  hunted  big  fur-bearing  game  where 
the  city  of  Chicago  is  spread.  He  was  the  son  of  Christiana  Churchill 
Christian,  one  of  the  91  year-old  twins. 


Old  "Ketch" — the  trapper 


GLEN  ELLYN  TODAY 

1928  Happenings  in  the  year  1928  have  been  recorded  with  considerable 
detail — because  this  makes  a  picture  of  the  village's  present  days,  a  pic- 
ture to  be  looked  at  fifty  years  from  now  with  something  the  same  attitude 
that  we  look  back  on  the  days  of  1878.  We  look  back  regretting  the 
paucity  of  detail,  so  we  aim  to  give  a  fuller  picture  for  the  later  genera- 
tions to  scan. 

From  these  details,  even  full  as  they  are,  the  most  general  pastime  of 
the  times  may  not  be  gleaned,  for  the  commonest  things  are  never  pointed 
out. 

Once  upon  a  time,  even  in  this  corner  of  DuPage  County,  the  chief 
amusements  were  quilting  bees,  apple  parings,  husking  parties  and  barn 
raisings.  It's  a  far  cry  from  that  to  bridge,  but  one  that  must  be  cried. 
Everybody  plays  bridge  now,  the  men  on  the  trains  to  and  from  town,  the 
women  in  the  afternoons,  the  men  and  women  in  the  evenings.  The  town 
is  full  of  jolly  little  bridge  clubs  where  groups  meet  together  for  social 
hours.     They  are  too  numerous  to  mention,  but  a  picture  of  the  village 


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1928  without  them  would  be  minus  its  atmosphere.  This  doesn't  mean  that 
people  do  nothing-  but  play  bridge,  far  from  that,  but  it  is  the  universal 
pastime,  and  he  who  doesn't  play  stays  at  home  alone  and  reads. 


Congregational  Church 


January  2,  Loie  Fuller,  famous  American  dancer,  died  in  Paris,  at  the 
age  of  70  years.  She  was  born  in  1858  in  Castle  Inn  Tavern  at  Fullersburg, 
and  her  career  carried  her  all  over  the  world  to  fame  and  fortune.  She 
is  credited  with  having  introduced  the  use  of  lighting  effects  to  the  stage. 
She  won  fame  with  her  "Fire  Dance"  and  the  "Serpentine  Dance"  in 
Paris  thirty-five  years  ago  and  was  much  loved  by  the  French  people. 
She  was  a  close  friend  of  Queen  Marie  of  Roumania  and  accompanied  the 
royal  party  part  of  the  way  on  the  American  trip.  Miss  Fuller  has  a 
brother,  Burt  Fuller,  69  years  old,  who  lives  at  4522  N.  Paulina  Street, 
Chicago. 

January  15-22  devoted  to  dedication  of  new  Congregational  church. 
Sunday  January  15,  at  11,  the  people  met  for  the  first  time  in  their  new 
auditorium,  with  Rev.  Kiplinger  in  charge,  the  regular  quartette,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Walter  Boydston,  Miss  Irma  Wilson  and  Leonard  Huber,  singing 
and  the  regular  organist,  Marian  Ranstead,  at  the  organ.  Rev.  Horace 
Day,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  United  Congregational  Church,  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, preached  the  sermon.  Dr.  Day  was  born  at  Bloomingdale,  son 
of  Dr.  Warren  F.  Day. 


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1928  In  the  afternoon  the  dedication  service  was  held;  the  building  pre- 
sented by  Walter  A.  Rogers,  chairman  of  the  building  committee;  the 
sermon  preached  by  Rev.  Earnest  Graham  Guthrie,  D.  D.  Margaret 
Lester,  concert  soprano,  sang,  and  after  the  service,  guides  showed  the 
congregation  through  the  building. 

On  Monday  evening  the  Geneva  organ  was  dedicated  by  J.  Lewis 
Brown,  organist  of  St.  Patrick's  Church,  Chicago.  Mabel  Sharpe  Her- 
dien  sang.  Wednesday  evening,  Dr.  Kiplinger  conducted  a  special  com- 
munion service,  the  first  opportunity  for  new  members  to  unite  in  the 
new  church. 

At  the  Community  service  on  Friday  evening,  Ruth  Sanderson  Phillips 
gave  an  organ  recital,  the  Choral  Club  made  its  first  appearance  of  the 
year,  with  August  Steinberg  directing,  Mrs.  Steinberg,  Miss  Recht  and 
W.  W.  Shaw  carrying  solo  parts,  and  C.  G.  Whitlock  playing  the  violin. 
Congratulations  were  extended  by  President  James  H.  Slawson  for  the 
village,  and  by  Rev.  D.  A.  McGregor,  of  St.  Mark's,  for  the  churches  of 
the  community.  B.  F.  March  spoke  for  the  schools.  Dr.  A.  W.  Palmer 
of  Oak  Park  gave  a  short  talk  and  then  the  congregation  adjourned  for 
a  plate  luncheon  in  the  dining  hall,  President  Ozora  S.  Davis  of  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary  preached  the  Sunday  morning  sermon.  For  the 
Sunday  afternoon  and  final  service,  850  people  gathered  in  the  church 
many  from  Chicago  and  villages  roundabout,  one  visitor  being  Mrs.  H. 
W.  Yalding  of  River  Forest,  daughter-in-law  of  Deacon  Yalding,  founder 
of  the  church.  Dr.  Gregory,  moderator  of  the  Chicago  Congregational 
Association  presided,  Dr.  Morgan  of  First  Church,  Chicago,  led  the 
devotions.  Dr.  Charles  S.  Mills,  of  New  York,  spoke  on  "The  Church  and 
World  Horizon,"  and  the  First  Church  choir  under  the  leadership  of 
Dr.  George  Tenney,  with  solos  by  Mrs.  Tenney,  Dr.  Jones,  Mr.  Gask  and 
Mr.  Provensen  provided  the  music,  with  Walter  Boydston  also  singing. 
Rev.  O.  L.  Kiplinger  is  pastor  of  the  church. 

Jane  Morgan,  Glenbard  student,  won  second  prize  in  state  contest 
given  by  W.  C.  T.  U.  Subject:  Steps  from  1825  to  1920  by  which  United 
States  came  to  National  Prohibition  of  the  Liquor  Traffic. 

S.  W.  Straus  &  Co.,  list  Wheaton  and  Glen  Ellyn  as  having  exactly 
the  same  population,  8,000,  for  1928.  In  1927,  Wheaton  had  7,550,  while 
Glen  Ellyn  had  7,500. 

Local  unit  of  DuPage  County  Women's  Republican  Club  organized  with 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt,  president;  Mrs.  John  Hasfurther,  vice  president;  Mrs. 
John  Humphreys,  treasurer  and  Mrs.  John  Ryberg,  secretary.  Marjorie 
Howe  Dixon  is  president  of  the  county  club. 

H.  A.  Miller  opened  furniture  display  room  at  Duane  and  Lorraine  Sts. 

Henry  A.  Bassett,  of  Anthony  Street,  eighty-eight  years  old,  is  the  only 
remaining  G.  A.  R.  in  the  village.  He  enlisted  from  Berlin,  Wise, 
August  20,  1861,  in  Co.  D.,  1st  Wisconsin  Cavalry  and  served  for  26 
months.  He  had  leave  for  illness  and  then  returned  to  Co.  I,  1st  Wis- 
consin Heavy  Artillery  and  served  to  June  9th,  1865.  He  was  among 
the  last  troops  to  be  mustered  out,  being  in  Washington  for  the  big 
review  held  before  President  Lincoln.  The  Bassetts  came  to  Glen  Ellyn 
to  live  about  1882. 

Dan  Compton  is  the  only  surviving  G.  A.  R.  man  in  Wheaton. 

The  Glen  Ellyn  Joint  Motion  Picture  Forum  organized  at  the  Com- 
munity House  on  January  31st,  with  Mrs.  Andrew  Fox  temporary  chair- 


134 THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1928  man,  and  Mrs.  F.  D.  Holch,  temporary  secretary.  Seventeen  citizens  were 
present  at  this  first  meeting:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  N.  Fox,  Mrs.  Byron  Spears, 
Mrs.  E.  J.  Wienke,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Chamberlin,  Mrs.  Carl  Gray,  Jr., 
Rev.  D.  A.  McGregor,  H.  H.  Hitt,  Mrs.  V.  I.  O.  Fick,  Mrs.  Wilvan  J. 
Russel,  Mr.  G.  H.  LaRoi,  C.  R.  Meredith,  W.  M.  Carpenter,  J.  C.  Eaton, 
Mrs.  Malcolm  Doig  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Holch.  The  object  is  "to  maintain 
co-operation  with  the  management  of  the  local  theatre  for  the  purpose  of 
securing  results  compatible  with  the  interests  of  this  home-loving  com- 
munity." 

March  3,  Masons  held  their  first  meeting  in  the  new  Masonic  Hall 
in  the  Acacia  Building,  413  Main  Street. 

March  24,  the  village  voted  to  build  a  new  school  building  on  the  Duane 
grounds,  which  will  be  a  Junior  High  School. 

In  April  Mrs.  F.  L.  Holch  was  elected  recording  secretary  of  the  State 
Parent-Teachers'  Association  of  Illinois  at  a  convention  in  Streator. 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt  was  reelected  Endowment  Fund  chairman. 

April  20,  the  first  "Grade  School  Day"  benefit  was  held  at  the  Glen 
Theatre,  clearing  over  $600.  Betty  Jane  Kolar,  5-year-old  magician,  was 
the  star  drawing  card.  The  grade  school  band  made  its  first  appearance 
in  its  handsome  new  uniforms,  purchased  by  the  P.  T.  A.'s. 

April,  eighth  grade  play,  "The  Sign  of  the  Pewter  Jug,"  coached  by 
Mrs.  Bernice  Pennington,  was  given  at  Acacia  Hall  by  Elaine  Aim,  Ruth 
Leadbetter,  Bessie  Marie  Richardson,  Dixie  Jean  Gregg,  Mary  Jean  Car- 
penter, Joe  Cutler,  Cameron  Duncan,  Charles  Jorgeson,  Shelby  Simmons, 
Billy  Webb  and  Lois  Nelson. 

April  26-27,  the  senior  play,  "Seven  Keys  to  Baldpate,"  was  given  at 
Glenbard  with  the  following  cast:  Elijah  Quimby,  George  Ankley;  Mrs. 
Quimby,  Ruth  Howe;  William  Hallowell  Magee,  Frank  Gilbertson;  John 
Bland,  Paul  Graves;  Mary  Norton,  Janet  Sheahan;  Mrs.  Rhodes,  Charlotte 
Rossiter;  the  Hermit,  Rannie  Neville;  Myra  Thornhill,  Marietta  Lichten- 
walter;  Lou  Max,  Russell  Stewart;  Jim  Cargen,  Norman  Meyer;  Thomas 
Hayden,  Lawrence  Teeter;  Jiggs  Kennedy,  Roy  Burgess;  Mr.  Bently, 
George  Kettlewell;  policemen,  Robert  Philips  and  Ferdinand  Heiden.  Mrs. 
Allen  directed  the  play. 

At  the  D.  A.  R.  Convention  in  April  in  Washington,  Marjorie  Locke, 
3-year-old  daughter  of  the  Richard  F.  Lockes  of  Highland  Avenue,  put 
her  hands  behind  her  back  and  refused  to  shake  hands  with  President 
Coolidge  at  the  reception  he  gave  to  the  Children  of  the  American 
Revolution.  "This  so  amused  the  president  that  he  smiled  one  of  his 
rare  smiles,  took  Marjorie  in  his  arms  and  made  friends  with  her  in 
spite  of  herself.  Marjorie  was  an  alternate  delegate  from  Glen  Ellyn's 
C.  A.  R.  Society." — Glen  Ellyn  News. 

May  25,  the  first  Police  Benefit  Minstrel  show  was  held  for  the  purpose 
of  raising  funds  to  insure  the  families  of  the  policemen  in  case  of  illness 
or  accident.  An  excellent  crowd  responded  and  the  insurance  fund  was 
realized. 

May  28,  the  first  meeting  of  DuPage  Scout  Council  Court  of  Honor 
was  held  at  Glenbard  with  over  500  scouts  and  parents  gathered  to  see 
the  honors  conferred. 

May  28,  preliminary  meeting  of  resident  Knights  Templar  in  Glen 
Ellyn  held  at  the  village  hall  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  Templar 
Club.  James  H.  Slawson  elected  temporary  chairman;  Robert  Patch, 
temporary  secretary,   and  the  following  Knights  registered:    Frank  D. 


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1928  Abbott,  David  S.  Adams,  Daniel  W.  Alspaugh,  Charles  W.  Alton,  C.  E. 
Anderson,  Joel  Baker,  Myron  H.  Beekman,  Fred  Beezley,  Lee  Brierton, 
Lothrop  Lee  Brown,  Nelson  W.  Burris,  Frank  S.  Butterfield,  George  H. 
Capps,  Benjamin  M.  Conklin,  Louis  Conklin,  Harold  Cross,  Emil  Degen- 
hardt,  Bert  Dodge,  Fred  A.  Edmett,  J.  D.  Edmunds,  L.  O.  Farnsworth, 
Alexander  S.  Flett,  F.  Freeman,  Charles  R.  Fuller,  William  Gawne,  H.  S. 
Gilbert,  Thomas  A.  Gregg,  Harry  P.  Houghton,  Frank  E.  Jeffers,  D.  T. 
Johnston,  Rudy  Junell,  George  H.  Keil,  W.  L.  Kellogg,  Edward  J.  Kidd, 
Rev.  Orville  L.  Kiplinger,  William  Kolacek,  F.  W.  Ladenburger,  Harry  L. 
Larson,  George  W.  Lauterbach,  Albert  Ludeke,  George  D.  McAninch, 
Charles  McChesney,  J.  S.  McCurdy,  W.  J.  MacDonald,  Harry  R.  Mar- 
dorf,  R.  C.  Meredith,  Herbert  H.  Mills,  S.  S.  Morris,  Calvin  Patch,  Fred- 
erick C.  Payne,  Acy  S.  Perry,  Acors  Rathbun,  Earl  Rathbun,  Roland 
Rathbun,  J.  B.  Roberts,  Douglas  Robertson,  Leland  Roblee,  Harold  Ros- 
siter,  Henry  L.  Ruth,  Fred  L.  Sandberg,  Jesse  R.  Scott,  D.  W.  Sellers, 
George  Sells,  Alex.  A.  Shannon,  W.  W.  Shaw,  William  L.  Simpson,  R.  V. 
Spalding,  Bruce  Squire,  H.  A.  Stanford,  J.  R.  Stewart,  C.  E.  Strawn, 
Otto  L.  Streccius,  C.  A.  Stults,  William  Templin,  F.  L.  Thompson,  R.  A. 
Thompson,  George  Warner,  Wesley  Westbrook,  George  White,  Myron  W. 
Whittemore,  W.  W.  Wonser,  R.  E.  Shannon,  R.  C.  Knopke  and  W.  C. 
Koehler. 

Flag  pole  erected  at  Girl  Scout  cabin  in  Memorial  Park  by  Fred  G. 
Orsinger,  May  30th,  the  dedication  taking  place  June  14th,  with  a  speech 
of  thanks  to  Mr.  Orsinger  given  by  Helen  Jane  Sjoblom;  a  patriotic  poem 
by  Catherine  Flint;  the  lowering  of  the  flag,  and  the  singing  of  Taps  by 
the  Girl  Scouts. 

Jane  Ensminger,  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  H.  Ensminger,  after  a 
year  at  school  in  Paris,  came  home  on  the  S.S.  Rochambeau  for  the 
summer,  returning  to  France  in  the  fall. 

In  June  dog  licenses  to  the  amount  of  $338.00  were  bought  by  Glen 
Ellyn  folk. 

June  2,  the  Hotel  Baker  in  St.  Charles  was  opened,  built  by  Edward  J. 
Baker,  one  of  the  heirs  to  the  Gates  fortune. 

June  3,  St.  Petronille,  at  its  second  commencement,  graduated  12 
pupils:  Adele  Cahill,  Lorraine  Cahill,  Bernadette  Claffy,  Mary  Louise 
Claffy,  Mary  Compagna,  Gertrude  Donovan,  Wilsie  Griggs,  Lillian 
Johnson,  Edward  Mohr,  Henry  Mohr,  Earl  Sando  and  Anna  Marie 
Sullivan. 

June  7,  Glenbard,  at  its  twelfth  commencement,  graduated  eighty- 
three  seniors:  George  F.  Ankley,  Mary  Augsburger,  Ira  Bartels,  Ira 
Baughman,  Dorothy  Baughn,  Reuben  C.  Bender,  Dolly  Bolton,  Bruce  B. 
Brown,  Vincent  P.  Brown,  Roy  Burgess,  Alice  Burrell,  Frederick  O.  Ben- 
son, Philip  B.  Cadman,  Elizabeth  Chandler,  Edna  Chapman,  Ruth  Evelyn 
Christensen,  Helen  Cole,  Cynthia  Cooper,  Homer  Croffoot,  Kenneth 
Crosby,  Marjorie  Crosby,  John  E.  Costello,  Dorothy  Davis,  Alphons  P. 
Dietsche,  Margaret  C.  Ericksen,  Rudolph  Fogelsanger,  Marjorie  Free- 
man, Gilbert  Frandsen,  Frank  W.  Gilbertson,  Paul  Graves,  Robert  T. 
Haase,  Louise  R.  Harris,  Ferdinand  Carl  Heiden,  Edna  Hibbard,  William 
Hibbard,  Wallace  G.  C.  Hill,  Doris  Hole,  Ira  M.  Hole,  Ruth  Howe,  Paul 

D.  Jacobs,  George  Johnson,  Irene  Margaret  Kamholz,  George  Kettlewell, 
Kenneth  E.  Leadbetter,  Cornelia  E.  Lehne,  Florence  Lesh,  Marietta 
Lichtenwalter,  Lucille  Lintner,  Joe  McChesney,  Ruth  McDonald,  Helen 
Marenack,  Thomas  C.  Meredith,  Norman  C.  Meyer,  Noami  V.  Mull,  Jane 
Miller,  Rannie  W.  Neville,  Carl  W.  Olander,  Arra  Ott,  Ruth  A.  Pastor, 
Helen  A.  Penfold,  Robert  P.  Phillips,  Slava  Psota,  Joy  S.  Reed,  Charlotte 
M.  Rossiter,  Edna  L.  Schaus,  Ruth  J.  Schlosser,  Ruth  Schreiber,  Elizabeth 

E.  Sheahan,  Jane  Sheahan,  Albert  V.  Sjogren,  J.  Russell  Stewart,  John 


136  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1928  Shatzer,  Marjorie  iStoffregen,  Leona  Taebel,  Lawrence  G.  Teeter,  Henry 
D.  Tefft,  Jr.,  Raymond  Wagoner,  Ray  H.  Walker,  Robert  H.  Webb, 
Dorothy  Wilcox,  Walburga  C.  Wengritzky,  Faye  Yapp  and  Harold  B. 
Zearing. 

June,  108  graduated  from  the  8th  grade  from  Duane  School,  54  boys 
and  54  girls:  Maxine  Allaben,  Elaine  Aim,  David  Anderson,  Irving 
Anderson,  Stanley  Ashton,  Victor  Ball,  Anna  Marie  Barclay,  Merton 
Bartlett,  Kathryn  Bentley,  Gertrude  Bergens,  Betty  Bingham,  Ernest 
Blanchard,  Donald  Burdick,  Mary  Jean  Carpenter,  Jane  Coffey,  Joseph 
Cools,  Dorothy  Christensen,  Mabel  Craig,  Gwendolyn  Cramer,  Margaret 
Crandall,  Joseph  Cutler,  Malcolm  Doig,  Cameron  Duncan,  Frances  Dun- 
ham, Douglas  Eadie,  Maxine  Ebert,  Lockwood  Ensminger,  Roy  Fiebrandt, 
Michael  Galland,  Dixie  Jean  Gregg,  Leonard  Haase,  Frank  Hinsdale 
Hanson,  Katherine  Hanson,  Dorothy  Harris,  Grace  Hawkins,  Mildred 
Hepple,  Kathryn  Hernlund,  LeRoy  Hesterman,  Hctor  Hill,  Gray  Hovey, 
Edith  Hunter,  Eugene  Jeffers,  Laurlene  Jefferson,  Robert  Johnson, 
Charles  Jorgeson,  Jr.,  Clara  Louise  Kellogg,  Marguerite  Kelly,  Virginia 
Kelly,  Muriel  Kidd,  Margery  Kirby,  Elsie  Kloeckner,  Elizabeth  Kloeckner, 
Robert  E.  Knopke,  Malcolm  Lesher,  Ruth  Leadbetter,  Kathleen  Locke, 
Fred  Locke,  Albert  Ludy,  lone  Martin,  Paul  Maylone,  Kenneth  McCain, 
Betty  McChesney,  Irving  McPherson,  Dorothy  Miller,  Olga  Miller,  Wilson 
Miller,  Polly  Ann  Mull,  Lois  Nelson,  Harold  Oates,  Ruth  Olander,  Vir- 
ginia Otis,  Betty  Pulse,  Thomas  Rankin,  Bessie  Marie  Richardson,  Robert 
Roulston,  Sigrid  Rundquist,  Grace  Sabin,  Wilhelmina  Schuetz,  George 
Scott,  Lawrence  Sheahan,  John  Shirer,  Clifford  Sievert,  Shelby  Simmons, 
Burness  Sodeman,  Richard  Steging,  Alice  Suttie,  Gordon  Tapper,  Ralph 
Tapper,  Wyverne  Thirloway,  Thomas  Thompson,  Oliver  Townsend,  Ruth 
Turrell,  Marion  Twitchell,  Russell  Venning,  Arthur  Warder,  Charles 
Warner,  Ruth  Watrous,  William  Webb,  Marshall  Williams,  Betty  White- 
way,  Georgene  Wilson,  Marian  Wozencraft,  Charles  Young,  Louise 
Zander,  Stanley  Ziegler,  Arthur  Zielke  and  Earl  Weiher. 

June  11,  Forest  Glen  School  graduated  11  eighth  graders:  Ruth 
Bluemel,  Adeline  Boysen,  Grace  Bremer,  Helen  Frandsen,  Richard  Hair- 
grove,  Martin  Heerboth,  Virginia  Huwen,  LaVerne  Koehler,  Will  Mc- 
Connaughy,  Arvilla  Stacy  and  Betty  Wise. 

St.  Petronille  Court,  No.  1096,  Catholic  Daughters  of  America  organized 
in  June  with  the  following  officers:  grand  regent,  Mrs.  Josephine  Mueller; 
vice  grand  regent,  Mrs.  Mary  Lamb;  historian,  Mrs.  John  Friedrickson; 
corresponding  secretary,  Miss  Clara  Welter;  financial  secretary,  Mrs. 
Mantel;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Geraldine  Heitzler;  monitor,  Miss  Una  West- 
brook;  lecturer,  Miss  Catherine  Brown;  trustees,  Mrs.  Fitzgerald,  Mrs. 
Mahon,  Miss  Margaret  Mohr,  Mrs.  Doyle. 

June,  the  Glen  Ellyn  Watch  and  Clock  Shop  started,  424  Main  Street, 
with  W.  Schoenrock  and  J.  Wolcott,  proprietors. 

Margaret  Lindsay  graduated  from  Beloit  College  with  Cum  Laude 
honors. 

July  2,  the  Templar  club  organized  at  a  meeting  of  village  Knights 
Templar  with  the  following  officers:  president,  George  Sells;  vice-presi- 
dent, Charles  R.  Fuller;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Fred  C.  Payne;  direc- 
tors, Acors  Rathbun,  M.  W.  Whittemore,  Douglas  Robertson,  Robert 
Patch,  Wm.  Kolacek,  George  Sells  and  C.  R.  Fuller. 

July,  Dr.  Kenneth  Hiatt,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  J.  Hiatt  of  Forest 
Avenue,  who  was  born  in  Glen  Ellyn,  began  the  practice  of  medicine,  in 
association  with  Dr.  G.  H.  Ensminger,  office  in  the  DuPage  Trust  building. 

July,  Wheaton  dedicated  its  new  swimming  pool. 


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1928  July  27,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt  and  Mrs.  M.  M.  Moore,  both  Hyde  Park  High 
graduates,  attended  the  banquet  tendered  by  Hyde  Park  graduates  to 
Amelia  Earhart,  first  woman  to  fly  across  the  Atlantic,  at  the  Shoreland 
Hotel. 

In  August,  Vernon  Estates,  the  first  "estate"  subdivision  near  Glen 
Ellyn  was  platted  into  1,  2  and  3  acre  homesites  by  George  A.  Buhl  of 
Highland  Park.  Vernon,  the  former  80  acre  farm  of  Nicholas  Kammes, 
crossed  on  two  corners  by  Willow  Brook,  is  picturesquely  rolling,  and 
has  been  laid  out  with  curving  streets  that  emphasize  the  topography. 
It  runs  south  to  the  section  line,  now  merely  fence  and  pasture,  which 
will  some  day  be  the  right  of  way  of  22nd  Street  when  it  is  extended 
beyond  Cook  County  line. 

Mrs.  James  Hyde,  of  300  Glenwood  Ave.,  won  two  first  prizes  in  one 
week;  one  at  the  Men's  Garden  show  at  the  Hotel  Sherman  for  her 
exhibit  of  Irish  potatoes,  and  the  other  at  the  Green  Valley  Golf  Club  in 
the  women's  sweepstake  golf  tournament. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  L.  Mabrey,  of  637  Park  Blvd.,  won  third  prize  of  $200 
in  the  West  Division  of  the  Chicago  Tribune  Garden  contest. 

Glen  Ellyn  may  be  growing  citified,  still  this  summer  Horace  Zoellin, 
of  454  Anthony  Street,  raised  a  cucumber  25  inches  long  and  a  tomato 
that  weighed  2y2  pounds  in  his  back  yard. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  Mueller,  of  Sunset  Ave.,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 
LePage,  returning  from  a  fishing  trip,  stopped  over  Sunday  at  Superior, 
Wise,  and  attended  the  same  church  service  at  which  President  and 
Mrs.  Coolidge,  John,  and  Maj.-Gen.  Summerall  were  worshippers. 

The  Illinois  Bell  Telephone  Co.,  in  August,  installed  as  local  manager, 
William  McFryer,  long  of  Wheaton.  His  assistant  manager  is  W.  C. 
Monroe. 

Mrs.  Pearl  Duncan  elected  Illinois  department  president  of  the  Ameri- 
can Legion  Auxiliary  at  the  state  convention  at  Waukegan  in  September. 

At  an  All  Chapters  meeting  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Garden  Club  in  Septem- 
ber agitation  was  started  to  secure  the  beautiful  estate  of  "Wildairs" 
for  a  village  park  and  permanent  beauty  spot. 

Glenbard  enrollment  for  1928:  seniors,  91;  juniors,  114;  sophomores, 
184;  freshmen,  253;  post  graduates,  5;  making  a  total  of  622. 

The  grade  schools  enrolled  1,100  children;  Forest  Glen  has  120  students 
and  St.  Petronille,  120. 

Southwest  Improvement  Association  formed  at  home  of  Fred  Orsinger, 
293  Lorraine  Road,  September  13,  with  the  following  officers  chosen: 
president,  R.  W.  Canfield;  vice-president,  C.  R.  Bowie;  secretary,  W.  J. 
Wehlau;  treasurer,  O.  E.  Crook.  Members  of  executive  board:  C.  S. 
Van  Duzer,  A.  H.  Reifenstein  and  John  Hookham.  The  territory  covered 
by  the  association  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  the  North  Western  tracks, 
on  the  east  by  Main  Street  and  on  the  south  and  west  by  Wheaton. 

A  group  of  25  women,  meeting  with  Mrs.  Wm.  D.  Shipman  and  then 
with  Mrs.  R.  D.  French,  organized  the  Woman's  Chorus:  president,  Mrs. 
Fred  Snell;  vice-president,  Mrs.  Sylvester  Baker;  secretary,  Mrs.  Max 
Allaben;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Rupert  White.  Mrs.  Wm.  D.  Shipman  is  accom- 
panist and  Mrs.  Jay  Willcox,  director. 


138  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1928  Glen  Ellyn  young  people  off  to  college  as  reported  by  the  Glen  Ellyn 
News,  September  14: 

Merwin  Arnold — Chattanooga  University 

Mary  Badger — Northwestern  University 

Gertrude  Bogan — University  of  Michigan 

Florence  Branand — Northwestern  University 

Robert  Branand — Kent  College  of  Law 

Roy  Burgess — University  of  Illinois 

John  L.  Brown — University  of  Illinois 

Stewart  Brown — University  of  Illinois 

Elizabeth  Chandler — Rockford  College 

Helen  Cole — National  Kindergarten  College,  Evanston 

Elizabeth  Cooper — Knox  College 

Cynthia  Cooper — Rockford  College 

Lawrence  Cooper — University  of  Michigan 

Richard  Corwine — University  of  Illinois 

John  Clark — University  of  Illinois 

William  Chandler — Detroit  College 

Edna  Chapman — National  Kindergarten  College,  Evanston 

Harry  Davis — Antioch  College 

Catherine  Durant — Rockford  College 

Thomas  Durant — University  of  Michigan 

Jane  Ensminger — Paris,  France 

Marjorie  Freeman — Milwaukee  Downers 

Frances  Freeman — Radcliffe  College 

Maurice  Froggatt — University  of  Illinois 

Frank  Gilbertson — University  of  Illinois 

Robert  Groeschell — Chattanooga  University 

William  Hall — Lake  Forest  University 

Irwin  Harriman — Harvard  University 

Donald  Hayworth — University  of  Illinois 

Edna  Hibbard — De  Pauw  University 

William  Hibbard — Cornell  College,  Iowa 

Charles  Hoyle — University  of  Wisconsin 

Robert  Hoyle — University  of  Wisconsin 

Helen  Johansen — University  of  Illinois 

Edgar  Kelly — University  of  Illinois 

Victor  Klein — Beloit  College 

Marietta  Lichtenwalter — University  of  Minnesota 

William  Lichtenwalter — Beloit  College 

Ingwald  Larson — University  of  Illinois 

Howard  Liscom — Northwestern  University 

Robert  Locke — University  of  Illinois 

Richard  Locke — Illinois  College 

Kathryn  Lock — University  of  Illinois 

Dorothy  Dock — University  of  Illinois 

William  Lewis — University  of  Illinois 

Robert  Maris — North  western  University 

Donald  March — University  of  Illinois 

Nathalie  McChesney — Northwestern  University 

Ruth  McDonald — Beloit  College 

Allen  McDonald — Beloit  College 

Marian  Milmoe — Northwestern  University 

Frank  Morgan — University  of  Illinois 

Jean  McGregor — Wheaton  College 

Luther  Mueller — Carthage  College 

Naomi  Mull — Eproth  College,  Indiana 

Morton  Newcomb — Antioch  College 

Donald  Nichols — University  of  Illinois 

Rannie  Neville — School  of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Illinois 


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1928  Ruth  Pastor — Crane  Junior  College 

Ruth  Patch — Stevens  College 
Phelps  Pratt — Chicago  University 
Jacob  Pratt — Chicago  University 
Elizabeth  Pelham — Rockford  College 
Harriet  Pelham — Rockford  College 
Roland  Rathbun — University  of  Illinois 
Joy  Reed — Michigan  State  College 
Anna  Mary  Rogers — University  of  Washington 
Lawrence  Rogers — Armour  Institute 
John  Rogers — University  of  Wisconsin 
Walter  Rogers — University  of  Wisconsin 
Lyle  Rossiter — University  of  Illinois 
Alvin  Shabino — University  of  Illinois 
Margaret  Stanton — Iowa  State  College 
Wallace  Stanton — Iowa  State  College 
Frederic  Shattuc — Chicago  Academy  of  Fine  Arts 
Elmer  Steinberg — University  of  Illinois 
Harry  Sutch — University  of  Illinois 
Lawrence  Teeter — University  of  Illinois 
William  Tillman — Wheaton  College 
William  Townsend — Northwestern  University 
Roy  Turnquist — Illinois  College 
Lester  Wassell — Northwestern  University 
Ray  Walker — Northwestern  University 
Robert  Webb — De  Pauw  University 
Harvey  Wienke — Northwestern  University 
Sam  Wilbur — Beloit  College 
Marion  Woodworth — Michigan  State  College 
Gertrude  Woodworth — Michigan  State  College 
Helen  Young — University  of  Illinois 
Leland  Zorn — Beloit  College. 

October  6,  Piggly  Wiggly  opened  store  in  Rohm  Building,  Main,  near 
Hillside. 

John  M.  Griggs,  after  a  year  at  the  Goodman  Theatre,  is  on  tour 
with  George  Arliss. 

October  16,  R.  H.  L.  (Richard  Henry  Little)  at  M.  E.  Men's  Club. 

Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Pelham  offered  to  present  a  medal,  through  the  D.  A.  R., 
to  the  girl  in  the  8th  grade  who  measures  up  to  the  standards  recog- 
nized by  the  American  Legion  medal  requirements  for  the  boy — won  this 
year  by  Joseph  Cools. 

Miss  Hazel  Newman  won  the  $25  prize  for  the  name  of  "Wilmon 
Drive"  which  she  submitted  in  the  contest  to  find  a  title  for  the  new 
street,  beginning  and  ending  on  Park  Boulevard,  which  is  to  open  up  the 
Cooper  property  to  sub-division  service. 

Tenth  annual  district  convention  of  the  Royal  Neighbors  of  America, 
of  the  counties  of  DeKalb,  McHenry,  Kane  and  DuPage  was  held  at 
Acacia  Hall  October  24.  District  President,  Christine  Remich,  presided 
in  the  morning  and  afternoon  sessions,  Erna  Foster,  serving  as  secretary- 
treasurer.  Supreme  Oracle,  Mary  E.  Arnolt,  of  Peoria,  and  District 
Deputy,  Stella  Daly,  were  present.  Alice  Schaefer,  of  Glen  Ellyn,  gave 
the  address  of  welcome  to  which  Lulu  Franzen,  of  Bensenville,  responded. 
Mrs.  I.  B.  Clarke  sang  a  group  of  songs.  The  evening  session  was  called 
to  order  by  Oracle  Ruth  O'Malley  and  the  ritualistic  work  was  exemplified 
by  20th  Century  Camp  of  Glen  Ellyn.  More  than  40t)  attended  this  even- 
ing meeting. 


140  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1928  Jacob  Barkey,  president,  and  the  Glen  Oak  Club,  were  hosts  at  dinner 
October  12,  in  honor  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Fire  Department  and  the  Glen 
Ellyn  Police  Department. 

Work  completed  on  new  store  and  apartment  building  on  the  site  of  the 
former  O.  D.  Dodge  home,  corner  of  Main  and  Hillside.  The  architects 
in  charge  were  Jean  B.  Rohm  and  Son,  of  Chicago  and  Glen  Ellyn.  The 
Dodge  home  was  moved  around  on  Hillside,  the  second  house  east  of  their 
old  home  for  so  many  years. 

First  "Piggly  Wiggly"  opened  in  October,  first  shop  in  new  building. 

Knights  Templar  Club  of  Glen  Ellyn  held  its  first  meeting  in  Acacia 
Hall,   October  19th. 

Mrs.  Leonard  and  Mrs.  Emil  Olander  opened  home  bakery  in  the  Rohm 
Building  on  Hillside  Ave.,  November  1st. 

W.  W.  Shaw,  Jr.,  invited  by  Herbert  Putnam,  librarian  of  the  Library 
of  Congress  at  Washington,  to  lend  some  of  his  original  drawings  of 
his  maps  as  an  exhibit. 

Red  and  black  announced  for  the  1929  auto  license  plates. 

The  Akiyuhapi  Camp  Fire  girls  presented  "My  Aunt's  Heiress"  at  the 
Congregational  Church  November  2,  with  the  following  cast  of  char- 
acters: Mrs.  John  Smith — Jane  Morgan;  Anna  Maria — Mary  Margaret 
Mardorf ;  Jemima — Martha  Way;  Sophia — Kathryn  Hernlund;  Arabella — 
Mary  Alcott  Richardson;  Matilda — Helen  Minaker;  Clementina — Helen 
Pares;  Jane — Mildred  Thompson;  Mrs.  Alexander  de  Courcy  Smith  and 
Mrs.  Betsy  Brown — Charlotte  Lesh;  Sippets — Lois  Nelson. 

November  6th,  election  day  resulted  in  the  following  ballots  for  presi- 


dent  being  cast: 

Precinct 

Hoover 

Smith 

2 

441 

112 

5 

579 

119 

6 

570 

78 

10 

864 

132 

11 

391 

90 

12 

411 

83 

13 

290 

97 

3546  711 

The    students   at  Glenbard   High   School   held  a   regular  presidential 
election  on  Tuesday  at  the  high  school.     The  result  was  as  follows: 
Hoover     -     -     -     485 
Smith    -      -      -        58 

The  following  are  the  voting  precincts  and  the  election  judges;  pre- 
cincts 12  and  13  having  been  newly  created  to  take  care  of  the  increased 
population  in  their  districts:  2nd  Precinct — J.  R.  Wagner,  Mrs.  A.  R. 
Utt,  A.  M.  Kelley.  Polling  Place,  Klein's  Real  Estate  Office,  436  Main 
Street,  Glen  Ellyn;  2nd— South  of  the  N.  W.  tracks,  west  of  Main  Street, 
south  to  Hill  Avenue.  5th  Precinct — Gretchen  M.  McChesney,  Chas.  S. 
Ganzhorn,  Joseph  H.  Wagoner.  Polling  Place,  Glen  Ellyn  Auto  Co.,  536 
Crescent  Boulevard,  Glen  Ellyn;  5th — North  of  N.  W.  tracks,  east  of 
Main  Street,  east  to  Lombard  limits.  6th  Precinct — I.  B.  Clarke,  Frank 
M.  Wagner,  Frank  Michel.  Polling  Place,  Avenue  Garage,  499  Pennsyl- 
vania Avenue,  Glen  Ellyn;  6th — North  of  N.  W.  tracks,  west  of  Main 
Street,  and  north  to  Linden  Street.  10th  Precinct — W.  J.  Monroe,  Abbie 
Johnson,  Jack  Young.  Polling  Place,  Jack  Young's  office,  411  Main 
Street,  Glen  Ellyn;   10th— South  of  N.  W.  Tracks,  east  of  Main  Street 


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141 


1928  to  Taylor  Avenue.  11th  Precinct — J.  L.  Arnold,  H.  S.  Dodge,  J.  W. 
Hernlund.  Polling  Place,  Taylor  Avenue  Store,  511  Taylor  Avenue,  Glen 
Ellyn;  11th — South  of  N.  W.  tracks,  east  of  Taylor  Avenue  to  Lombard 
limits.  12th  Precinct — Lee  Brierton,  O.  R.  Nelson,  M.  W.  Dietz.  Polling 
Place,  Five  Corners'  Store,  820  Main  Street,  Glen  Ellyn;  12th — North  of 
Linden  Street,  west  of  Main  Street  and  north  to  Bloomingdale  Township 
line.  13th  Precinct — Theodore  S.  Lapham,  Mrs.  Oscar  Miller,  John  S. 
Wagner.  Polling  Place,  Oscar  Miller's  Garage,  509  Turner  Ave.,  Glen 
Ellyn.     13th — South  of  Hill  Avenue,  west  of  Main  Street. 


Chicago,  Great  Western  Station 


This  little  station  was  built  in  1888  and  has  slept  through  the  years. 
North  Avenue,  the  first  forty-foot  highway  through  the  county  coming 
nearby  this  summer,  may  waken  this  district  into  booming  subdivision 
activity. 

November  23,  the  Production  Class  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  School  of  Music 
and  Dramatic  Art,  gave  a  two-act  play,  "After  the  Game,"  with  the 
following  cast:  Eloise  Cooper,  Carol  Benson,  Betty  Burris,  Frances  Swan, 
Jane  Underwood,  Pearl  Courtice,  Mildred  Calloway,  Elaine  Aim  and  Jean 
Adams.  Three  of  Vallance  Alston  Cooper's  younger  pupils  gave  readings: 
Corrine  Gray,  Marion  Yackley  and  Delight  Richardson.  Eleanor  Allen, 
voice  student  of  Mrs.  Cooper's,  sang,  accompanied  by  Miss  Anna  Marie 
Van  Duzer  on  the  violin  and  Miss  Elisabeth  King  at  the  piano. 

Students  of  Miss  King  played  several  numbers:  Olive  Fosburg,  Betty 
Jane  Capps,  Miss  Muriel  Rasmussen  and  Wilbur  Osterling. 

The  first  of  a  series  of  student  recitals  at  the  Simons  Studios  was  given 
November  30  by  the  following  pupils:  David  O'Neill,  Louise  Miller, 
Dorothy  Ellen  Schraeder,  Louise  Green,  Junior  Vallette,  Charleen  Frye, 
Tom  Scott,  Beth  Frye,  Loretta  Amidon,  Bobby  Whitelock,  Ruth  Romaine, 
June  Underwood,  Helen  Canfield,  Helen  Minaker,  Mildred  Psota,  Dorothy 
Witt  and  Jeanette  Eichenberger. 

Five  of  Mrs.  Hicks'  small  pupils  played  in  recital  at  the  Community 
House,  December  1;  Jessie  Steele,  Merle  Irish,  Dorothy  Koeck,  Carlton 
Hibbard,  Jr.,  and  John  Gilbert. 


142  TEE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

1928  Chicago,  Aurora  and  Elgin  R.  R.  has  125  daily  trains  to  and  from  the 
loop. 

Main  Street  School  has  a  whole  block  for  its  grounds,  400  x  310  feet; 
Hawthorne  has  half  a  block,  and  Franklin  a  tract  250  x  577  feet. 

The  park  board  bought,  in  December,  6V2  acres  on  the  southwest  side, 
325  feet  on  Main,  1,100  feet  on  Fairview,  and  325  on  Sunset  Ave.,  from 
Mrs.  Norah  Davis  Wilson,  for  $17,000. 

William  H.  Churchill  presented  the  Anan  Harmon  Chapter,  D.  A.  R., 
with  the  Seth  Churchill  log  cabin  (picture  on  page  30),  the  second  house 
built  here,  to  be  used  for  their  memorial.  The  D.  A.  R.  hope  to  move 
this  cabin  to  Memorial  Park,  where  it  will  enshrine  relics  of  the  early- 
days  and  on  its  outer  walls  bear  bronze  plates  containing  our  soldiers' 
names. 

Glenbard  High  School  has  just  completed  its  third  successful  football 
season  under  the  direction  of  Charles  F.  Butler,  former  Beloit  College 
player.  Mr.  Butler  came  to  Glenbard  in  the  fall  of  1926  and  found  such 
stars  as  Tillman,  Mallin,  Smith,  Cash,  Thompson,  Bond,  Wilbur  and 
others  waiting  to  be  assembled  into  a  championship  team.  The  1926 
team  won  Glenbard's  first  conference  football  championship.  Tillman  and 
Mallin  added  more  honor  to  their  school  by  being  placed  on  All-State 
teams. 

With  the  loss  of  eight  regulars  from  the  1926  championship  team  the 
outlook  for  the  1927  season  was  not  bright.  However,  after  the  first 
game  the  Glenbard  rooters  felt  sure  that  the  1927  team  would  uphold 
the  undefeated  record  of  the  1926  team  and  win  for  Glenbard  its  second 
successive  championship.  This  was  a  proven  fact  when  Captain  Harold 
Zearing  led  his  team  through  another  undefeated  season.  Such  stars  as 
Zearing,  Gilbertson,  Heiden,  Howting,  Phillips,  Wold,  Fogelsanger  and 
others  made  this  fine  record  possible.  Captain  Zearing  also  made  the 
All-State  team. 

Only  four  veterans  returned  to  Glenbard  for  the  1928  season,  making 
it  necessary  for  Coach  Butler  to  build  an  entire  new  line  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  center  position.  The  backfield  consisted  of  Gregg,  Deiber 
and  Micheli,  old  men,  and  Powell  a  newcomer,  who  proved  to  be  the  most 
spectacular  runner  of  the  conference. 

The  1928  team  had  a  reputation  to  maintain.  Because  of  its  previous 
record  every  team  in  the  conference  was  laying  for  Glenbard.  Under 
this  handicap  Glenbard  won  seven  straight  games,  increasing  its  games 
to  24  without  a  defeat.  Glenbard  lost  to  Hinsdale  and  Wheaton,  Hinsdale 
tying  Glenbard  for  Glenbard's  third  straight  conference   championship. 

This  team  was  led  by  Captain  Wold,  one  of  Glenbard's  greatest  line- 
men. Other  stars  were  Gregg,  Micheli,  Deiber,  Powell,  Carruthers, 
Bouska,  Marquardt,  MacDonald  and  others. 

Because  of  its  24  games  without  a  defeat  Glenbard's  fame  was  carried 
by  the  Associated  Press  throughout  the  country. 

Glenbard's  football  success  can  be  attributed  to  the  fact  that  the 
coaches  have  tried  to  develop  the  physique  of  every  boy  in  school  rather 
than  a  few. 

The  underlying  limestone  of  the  county  comes  to  the  surface  at  Elm- 
hurst,  where  it  is  from  15  to  20  feet  thick.  A  quarry  operates  under  the 
name  of  the  Elmhurst-Chicago  Stone  Company,  with  William  Hammer- 
schmidt  in  charge.  Great  quantities  of  stone  are  crushed  annually  and 
sold  for  cement  work  and  road  ballast. 

Village  appointments  made  by  President  Slawson  are:  business  man- 
ager, Jesse  R.  Wagner,  2  years,  $4,000;  village  attorney,  Joel  Baker, 
1  year,  $4,000;  engineer,  George  Nelson,  1  year,  $13,500;  building  com- 


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1928  missioner,  Chester  Woods,  1  year,  $3,000;  Supt.  of  Water,  William  Madi- 
son, 1  year,  $3,300;  Supt.  of  Police,  Wesley  Westbrook,  1  year,  $3,300; 
village  treasurer,  P.  E.  McGough,  1  year,  $1,500;  village  collector,  Alfred 
Utt,  1  year,  $3,500. 

At  the  end  of  October  the  Glen  Ellyn  Library  contained  8,562  books; 
there  were  2,  945  cards  in  force  and  3,338  books  circulated  that  month. 
Miss  Grace  McMahon,  librarian. 

Mrs.  Fred  Genthe,  mother  of  Mrs.  Gus  Nemitz,  of  Duane  St.,  celebrated 
her  80th  birthday  November  3,  56  years  of  which  she  has  spent  here  in 
the  vicinity.  She  and  her  husband  used  to  live  on  the  Stubbings  farm 
on  East  Hill  Ave.,  which  was  the  old  J.  S.  Dodge  farm  once,,  where  the 
portable  school  is  located  just  now. 

Victor  L.  Sherman  and  Jesse  Owen,  of  Lewis  Institute  faculty,  members 
living  in  Glen  Ellyn  of  the  Chicago  Literary  Club. 

John  Herboth,  of  Troop  2,  was  made  an  Eagle  Scout  at  the  November 
Court  of  Honor.     He  has  51  badges. 

The  Infant  Welfare  Society  plan  their  third  Charity  Ball  for  December 
28  at  Glenbard  Gymnasium. 

A  new  building  code  adopted  by  the  village  council  by  Ordinance  No. 
778,  November  13th. 

Virginia  Lee  played  in  recital  in  the  studio  of  her  teacher,  Inez  Hubbard 
Hicks,  in  Kimball  Hall,  November  26,  before  a  group  of  Chicago  musi- 
cians. Among  her  numbers  were  two  of  her  own  compositions,  "A 
Study  for  the  Left  Hand"  and  "An  Indian  Echo." 

Pupils  of  Miss  Emma  Menke  gave  their  first  recital  of  the  season 
November  15th,  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  M.  H.  Beekman,  on  Turner  Ave. 
Those  taking  part  were:  Isabel  March,  Geraldine  Benthey,  Lois  Nelson, 
Virginia  Otis,  Althea  Jorgeson,  Anna  Louise  French,  Ted  Beekman,  Billy 
Webb,  Champ  Webb,  Lorraine  Ford,  Virginia  Belle  Huwen,  Marcia 
Huwen,  Barbara  Dunham,  Barbara  Ballou,  Ethel  Ellen  Hurley,  Marjorie 
Ann  Mabrey,  Betty  Jane  Meinardi  and  Dick  Burks. 

At  a  studio  recital  of  the  School  of  Music  and  Dramatic  Art  on  No- 
vember 17th,  six  very  young  pupils  of  Mrs.  Cooper  gave  readings:  Betty 
Ann  Yackley,  Kathryn  Walker,  Betty  Agnes  Monahan,  Shirley  Kranz, 
Mary  Nichols  and  Joan  Harrington.  Nine  of  Miss  King's  pupils  played: 
Jane  Cline,  Shirley  Ann  Roberts,  Vera  Swanson,  Bobby  Hafner,  John 
Ruckert,  John  Biester,  Betty  Jane  Capps,  Gertrude  Lounsbury  and  Jean 
Buell. 

Judge  Frank  Comerford  spoke  in  Glenbard  Auditorium  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Pilgrim  Club  of  the  First  Congregational  Church. 

The  grocers  of  the  Commercial  Association  decided  to  remain  open  on 
Wednesday  afternoons,  instead  of  closing,  as  has  been  the  custom  for 
some  years. 

The  heirs  of  William  C.  Newton,  Frank  Q.  Newton,  Ralph  W.  Newton, 
Corinne  Newton  Bowstead,  Elizabeth  Newton  Poehlmann  and  Doris  New- 
ton Laing  served  notice  to  the  village  asking  the  return  of  the  municipal 
lot  at  the  northwest  corner  of  Main  and  Pennsylvania,  given  to  the 
village  by  a  warranty  deed  signed  by  William  C.  Newton  and  Lavinia, 
his  wife,  dated  November  20th,  1920,  to  be  used  solely  for  municipal 
purposes  and  to  have  a  municipal  building  erected  upon  it  "within  such 
time  as  should  be  deemed  reasonable."  The  heirs  claim  the  conditions 
have  not  been  complied  with.  The  proceedings  are  to  come  to  court  in 
January. 


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1928  The  Literature  Department  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  presented 
Booth  Tarkington's  "The  Intimate  Strangers"  for  the  benefit  of  the  Glen 
Ellyn  Library,  at  Acacia  Hall,  November  22,  with  the  following  char- 
acters: The  Stationmaster,  Mrs.  Charles  Boardman;  Mr.  Ames,  Mrs. 
Russell  Calloway;  Isabel,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Minnis;  Florence,  Mrs.  Charles  F. 
Butler;  Johnnie  White,  Mrs.  R.  F.  iSchiele;  Henry,  Mrs.  Charles  Board- 
man;  Aunt  Ellen,  Mrs.  Wm.  C.  Allen;  Mattie,  Mrs.  W.  D.  Heintz.  The 
director  was  Mrs.  D.  W.  Alspaugh;  the  stage  manager,  Mrs.  R.  H.  Burks, 
and  the  department  chairman,  Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Schaefer. 

Major  Reed  Landis  talked  to  the  Methodist  Men's  Club. 

Order  of  Builders,  Glenbard  Chapter  No.  112,  received  its  new  charter 
from  the  grand  officers  and  charter  members  initiated  November  21st  at 
Acacia  Hall.  Through  the  efforts  of  Elwood  Myers,  of  Park  Blvd.,  this 
Masonic  boys'  order  is  starting  in  with  about  60  charter  members  from 
the  village  and  Lombard. 

Charles  Lee  Bryson,  of  521  Forest  Ave.,  managing  editor  of  the  Lions' 
Club  Magazine,  is  the  new  editor  of  the  Chicago  Press  Club's  resuscitated 
magazine,  "The  Scoop." 

Chester  Woods,  building  commissioner  of  Glen  Ellyn,  reported  from 
January  1st  to  November  1st:  number  of  families  provided  for,  125; 
number  of  single  family  dwellings,  111;  value  of  single  family  dwellings, 
$1,017,950.00;  value  of  apartments  (12  flats),  $50,000;  value  of  store  and 
apartments  (2  flats),  $50,000. 

Betty  Jane  Kolar,  Glen  Ellyn's  famous  child  magician,  appeared  at 
three  children's  matinees  at  Carnegie  Music  Hall  in  Pittsburgh  in  De- 
cember. She  has  been  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  French  Society 
of  Magicians  at  Paris,  France. 

Edith  Quayle  Wise  (Mrs.  John  H.  Wise),  of  814  Main  Street,  is  on  the 
studio  staff  of  radio  station  WIBO,  as  the  contralto  of  the  station's 
quartette. 

Glenbard  junior  play,  given  December  13th,  at  Glenbard,  was  "Second 
Childhood,"  with  the  following  cast:  Professor,  William  Day;  Mrs.  Wells- 
miller,  Genevieve  Dietsche;  Silvia,  Virginia  Robertson;  Philip  Stanton, 
Phil  Fosburg;  General,  Harold  Hyatt;  Marcella,  Violet  Taylor;  Mrs. 
Vivvert,  Lucille  Michaels;  Mrs.  Henderson,  Mary  Katherine  Bainbridge; 
Lucille  Norton,  Hedwig  Peitsche;  Judge  Sanderson,  Philip  Locke;  Sheriff, 
Frederick  Jorgeson;  Deputy  Sheriffs,  Fred  Kleinedler,  Donald  Locke. 

Ladies'  Aid  Society  of  the  Methodist  Church  on  December  3rd,  present- 
ed Lewis  Beach's  play,  "The  Goose  Hangs  High,"  at  the  Glen  Theatre, 
with  the  following  cast:  Bernard  Ingals,  F.  C.  Payne;  Eunice  Ingals, 
Mrs.  F.  C.  Payne;  Noel  Derby,  H.  M.  Kenyon;  Leo  Day,  A.  J.  Ruckert; 
Rhoda,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Mills;  Julia  Murdoch,  Miss  Ruth  Creel;  Mrs.  Bradley, 
Mrs.  W.  G.  Kaiser;  Hugh  Ingals,  William  Shepard;  Ronald  Murdoch, 
Marvin  Lane;  Lois  Ingals,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Pedersen;  Bradley  Ingals,  Charles 
Ayres,  Jr.;  Dagmar  Carroll,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Gronewold;  Elliott  Kimberley, 
R.  W.  Canfield.     Rev.  C.  A.  Bloomquist  was  the  director. 

DuPage  Trust  remodeled,  occupying  entire  ground  floor  and  installing 
new  safety  deposit  vaults  in  the  basement,  D.  S.  Adams  in  charge  of 
reconstruction. 

June  14th,  Fourth  Annual  Garden  Festival  in  Acacia  Hall,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Rose  Chapter. 

Cornerstone  of  Benjamin  Franklin  School,  Bryant  and  Taylor  Aves., 
laid  Monday  evening,  June  18,  with  an  invocation  by  Rev.  C.  A.  Bloom- 


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145 


1928  quist;  records  placed  in  the  cornerstone  by  Mrs.  Roy  Drew;  remarks  by 
B.  F.  March,  president  of  the  school  board;  an  address  by  Supt.  R.  D. 
Bowden,  and  music  by  the  Methodist  Men's  Quartette,  Messrs.  Shaw, 
Drew,  Black  and  Blackman. 

Joseph  Cools,  469  Duane  Street,  received  the  first  award  of  the  Amer- 
ican Legion  Honor  Medal,  receiving  most  votes  of  pupils  and  teachers  of 
the  eighth  grade  as  being  highest  in  honor,  courage,  leadership  and  ser- 
vice. The  next  boys  in  order  of  the  voting  were  Joseph  Cutler,  Oliver 
Townsend,  Cameron  Duncan  and  Hector  Hill. 


The  New  Duane  School 

This  is  the  architect's  drawing  of  the  new  school  building  which  is  to 
rise  on  the  old  school  site  at  Duane.  The  first  unit  of  twelve  rooms  is 
to  be  started  right  after  the  New  Year.    Norman  Brydges  is  the  architect. 


OFFICERS  OF  VILLAGE  ORGANIZATIONS   1928 

Officers  of  the  Village  of  Glen  Ellyn:  president,  James  H.  Slawson;  village 
clerk,  Jesse  R.  Wagner;  treasurer,  P.  E.  McGough;  collector,  Alfred  R.  Utt; 
board  of  trustees,  Herbert  W.  Martin,  H.  H|  Simmons,  J.  Frank  Elam,  Howard 
Richardson,  Edward  Dieterle  and  Charles  N.  Fuller;  attorney,  Joel  Baker; 
superintendent  of  police,  Wesley  Westbrook;  engineer,  George  Nelson;  building 
commissioner,  Chester  Woods;  superintendent  of  water,  William  Madison; 
village  forester,  Dr.  Frank  Johnson;  fire  chief,  William  Baethke;  assistant 
fire  chief,  A.  R.  Utt;  citizen  members  of  the  Board  of  Local  Improvements, 
L.  B.  Shabino  and  C.  J.  Maurer. 

Board  of  Health:  chairman,  T.  J.  Clifford;  health  officer,  Dr.  G.  H.  Ensminger; 
secretary,  Frank  Wagner. 

Zoning  Board  of  Appeals:  Charles  N.  Fuller,  chairman,  John  Bingham,  Al 
Chase,  C.  E.  Hoyt,  Hubert  Fleming. 

Plan  Commission:  Horace  G.  Lozier,  chairman,  Acors  Rathbun,  Mrs.  G.  M. 
Kendall,  Al  Chase,  W.  L.  Irish,  James  Belanger. 


146  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

Village  Hall  Clerks:  Mrs.  E.  L.  Brady  and  Mrs.  Florence  Aim. 

Park  Board:  president,  William  Kolacek,  Acors  Rathbun,  D.  S.  Adams,  Archer 
Hayes  and  Fred  G.  Orsinger. 

Library  Board:  Mrs.  R.  B.  Treadway,  chairman,  Mrs.  W.  M.  McCormick,  Mrs. 
L.  R.  Christie,  Mrs.  Al  Chase,  H.  H.  Hitt,  J.  R.  Stewart. 

High  School  Board:  president,  L.  J.  Thiele,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Wienke,  Andrew  N.  Fox, 
W.  W.  Reed,  George  Miller,  Glen  Ellyn,  and  Mrs.  Morgan  and  Gilford  Hill, 
Lombard. 

Grade  School  Board:  Benjamin  F.  March,  president,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt,  Mrs.  A.  R. 
Utt,  C.  H.  Hibbard,  E.  G.  Chapman,  Kime  Aspray,  Carl  J.  Richardson;  secre- 
tary, Miss  Mildred  Barloga. 

Forest  Glen  School  Board:  president,  Charles  W.  Alton,  Mrs.  Edith  Q.  Wise 
and  Robert  C.  Meredith. 

Policemen:  Al  Lange,  George  Collier,  F.  C.  Kirby,  John  Eaton,  F.  L.  Cross, 
Charles  Messley;  extra  police,  Gus  Nemitz  and  V.  Schwartz;  school  police, 
John  Canada  and  Henry  Binger. 

Members  of  Glen  Ellyn  Volunteer  Fire  Department:  Chief,  W.  H.  Baethke; 
assistant  chief,  A.  R.  Utt;  captain,  G.  C.  Wagner;  treasurer,  F.  M.  Wagner; 
lieutenant,  George  Ludeker;  secretary,  Jesse  R.  Wagner;  Allen  A.  Myers, 
Martin  Schaus,  Charles  McChesney,  Jack  Baron,  Wm.  Nadelhoffer,  F.  Ludeke, 
B.  J.  Wagner,  B.  C.  Dodge,  Gus  Nemitz,  D.  S.  Adams,  Gus  Lang,  E.  S.  Vollmer, 
J.  L.  Arnold,  Otto  Miller,  Jack  O'Donnell,  F.  Deiber. 

Officers  of  Glen  Ellyn  Masonic  Lodge,  No.  950,  A.  F.  and  A.  M.:  Worshipful 
Master,  Hiram  H.  Liscom;  Senior  Warden,  William  M.  Carpenter;  Junior  War- 
den, Acors  W.  Rathbun;  Treasurer,  Daniel  W.  Alspaugh;  Secretary,  John  Le- 
Messurier;  Chaplain,  John  D.  Edmunds;  Senior  Deacon,  Roy  W.  Lindahl; 
Junior  Deacon,  Ward  G.  Deland;  Senior  Steward,  Charles  H.  Noble;  Junior 
Steward,  Robert  H.  Patch;  Marshal,  Elmer  C.  Harland;  Tyler,  Frank  P.  Michel. 

Officers  of  the  Square  Club:  president,  George  C.  Capps;  vice-president,  W.  L. 
Melville;  secretary,  Elmer  C.  Harland;  treasurer,  Charles  H.  Noble. 

Officers  of  Glen  Ellyn  Chapter,  No.  794,  Order  of  Eastern  Star  are:  Worthy 
Matron,  Ella  F.  Blackwood;  Worthy  Patron,  Van  C.  Winans;  Associate  Matron, 
Mary  F.  Morton;  Secretary,  Jean  Grace  Wonser;  Treasurer,  Laura  C.  Fellows; 
Conductress,  Mary  Agnes  McDonald;  Asociate  Conductress,  Ruth  F.  Winans; 
Chaplain,  Viola  Amidon;  Organist,  Bessie  A.  Blackman;  Warder,  Malita 
Wallrodt;  Sentinel,  William  H.  Morton;  Correspondent,  Frances  Schock;  In- 
structress, Amanda  Inman;  Electra,  Jeanette  Light;  Adah,  Gertrude  Wright; 
Martha,  Catherine  Jenkins;  Ruth,  Isabelle  Davis;  Esther,  Claribel  Perry. 

Officers  of  the  Areme  Club  are:  President,  Mrs.  A.  T.  Amidon;  vice  president, 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Gray;  secretary,  Mrs.  James  J.  Schock;   treasurer,  Mrs.  James  G. 

Wallace. 

Officers  of  Danby  Lodge,  No.  187,  I.  O.  O.  F.:  noble  grand,  L.  G.  Dunham; 
vice-grand,  Fred  Unversagt;  recording  secretary,  H.  S.  Dodge;  treasurer,  H.  M. 
Sunday;  warden,  Raymond  Ewing;  conductor,  Earl  G.  Teeter;  O.  G.,  J.  J.  Fied; 
I.  G.,  Frank  Urich;  R.  S.  N.  G.,  Frank  P.  Michel;  L.  S.  N.  G.,  J.  L.  Arnold; 
R.  S.  V.  G.,  J.  X.  Brown;  L.  S.  V.  G.,  Alfred  Hammerschmidt;  R.  S.  S.,  Felix 
Pohalski;  L.  S.  S.,  H.  J.  Zbaren;  chaplain,  John  E.  Smalley;  delegate  to  Grand 
Lodge,  Frank  Kline. 

Officers  of  Prospect  Rebekah  Lodge:  noble  grand,  Lucille  Lindahl;  vice-grand, 
Alice  Whitnej';  chaplain,  Lovie  Surkamer;  past  noble  grand,  Anna  Fide;  right 
supporter  for  noble  grand,  Edna  Dunnock;  left  supporter  for  noble  grand, 
Nellie  Michel;   right  supporter  of  vice-grand,   Sophia  Gordon;  left  supporter, 


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Rose  Sikler;  conductor,  Mildred  Fabri;  financial  secretary,  Laura  Fellows; 
recording-  secretary,  Ida  Madison;  treasurer,  Nancy  Gorman;  musician,  Alice 
Kellogg;  inside  guardian,  Rose  Hyatt;  outside  guardian,  Rose  Sikler;  warden, 
Harriet  Brown. 

Officers  of  the  Royal  Neighbors:  Oracle,  Ruth  O'Malley;  vice  oracle,  Margaret 
Apos  tolas;  past  oracle,  Ida  McCrae;  chancellor,  Agnes  Trompeter;  recorder, 
Erna  Foster;  receiver,  Anna  Wagner;  marshall,  Dorothy  Jellies;  assistant 
marshall,  Sadie  Alton;  inner  sentinal,  Martha  Buhr;  outer  sentinel  Margaret 
Fox;  managers,  Mildred  Templin,  Christine  Remick,  Ruth  Brown;  Faith,  Eva 
Van  Burkom;  Courage,  Loretta  Ducione;  Modesty,  Ethel  Foster;  Unselfishness, 
Helen  Seeker;  Endurance,  Martha  Baron;  musician,  Elsie  Ryberg;  flag  bearer, 
Ardena  Lettow;  physicians,  Dr.  Schiele,  Dr.  Watson. 

Glen  Ellyn  Lodge  of  Moose:  Dictator,  Herbert  M.  Sunday;  past  dictator, 
Jack  W.  Young;  vice  dictator,  Frank  P.  Michel;  prelate,  B.  F.  Heckert;  secre- 
tary, Charley  Schaefer;  treasurer,  A.  H.  Allen;  inner  guard,  Will  Pemberton; 
outer  guard,  Emil  Magussen;  trustees,  E.  S.  Chatterton,  W.  R.  Gray  and  A. 
Daniels. 

Officers  of  Glen  Ellyn  Chapter,  No.  641,  Ladies  of  Mooseheart  Legion:  Past 
Regent,  Rhoda  Higley;  Senior  Regent,  Wilma  Keefer;  Chaplain,  Julia  M. 
Heckert;  secretary,  Margaret  Gray;  Treasurer,  May  Conran;  Guide,  Nina 
Wheble;  assistant  guide,  Pearl  Baker;  sentinal,  Tillie  Van  Der  Stuyf ;  organist, 
Avis  Higley;  Argus,  Lena  Van  Der  Stuyf. 

Officers  of  Mooseheart  Legion  Auxiliary:  senior  regent,  Miss  Pearl  Baker; 
junior  regent,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Pemberton;  chaplain,  Mrs.  Lottie  Alderman;  past 
regent,  Mrs.  Wilma  Keefer.  The  other  officers  are  appointed  by  senior  regent, 
who  was  just  elected  December  4. 

Moosheart  Legion  Sewing  Circle:  president,  Mrs.  Pearl  Kummer,  Wheaton; 
secretary  and  treasurer,  Mrs.  Julia  Heckert. 

Officers  of  Glen  Ellyn  Post  No.  3,  American  Legion:  commander,  Henry 
Trompeter;  1st  vice-commander,  Arthur  Jacobs;  2nd  vice-commander,  L.  L. 
Ellsworth;  finance  officer,  A.  A.  Murray;  Historian,  Earl  Rathbun;  chaplain, 
Rev.  Walter  Fasnacht;  sergeant-at-arms,  B.  F.  White. 

Officers  of  the  American  Legion  Auxiliary:  president,  Mrs.  Victor  Schwartz; 
1st  vice-president,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Peterson;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  W.  M.  Sawyer; 
secretary,  Mrs.  Kime  Aspray;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Charles  LePage;  chaplain,  Mrs. 
Acors  Rathbun;  sergeant-at-arms,  Mrs.  Arthur  Jacobs;  historian,  Mrs.  LePage. 

Officers  of  Royal  T.  Morgan  Woman's  Relief  Corps:  president,  Mrs.  N.  Apos- 
tolas;  senior  vice-president,  Mrs.  Lovie  Surkamer;  junior  vice-president,  Mrs. 
Mary  Leonard;  secretary,  Mrs.  John  Remich;  treasurer,  Mrs.  William  Madison; 
patriotic  instructor,  Mrs.  Florence  Kroeger;  musician,  Mrs.  John  Rankin. 

Officers  of  the  D.  A.  R.  are:  Regent,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Huwen;  vice  regent,  Mrs.  A.  V. 
Crisler;  secretary,  Mrs.  V.  E.  Emmel;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Fred  Donovan;  registrar, 
Mrs.  W.  G.  Kaiser;  chaplain,  Mrs.  Luther  Hiatt;  historian,  Miss  Ada  Douglas 
Harmon;  assistant  historian,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Utt.  Standing  Committees:  Ways  and 
Means,  Mrs.  R.  L.  Rogers,  chairman;  patriotic  education  and  Americanization, 
Mrs.  W.  J.  Russell;  press  chairman,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Shattuc;  program  chairman, 
Mrs.  F.  L.  Holch. 

Officers  of  the  Mary  Chilton  Society  of  the  C.  A.  R.  are:  Senior  president,,, 
Mrs.  Myron  Beekman;  president,  Alice  Nelson;  1st  vice  president,  Charles 
Jorgeson;  2nd  vice  president,  Ela  Patch;  secretary,  Martha  Ann  Emmel;  cor- 
responding secretary,  Sarah  Wozencraft;  treasurer,  Helen  Turner;  color  bearer, 
Kime  Aspray;  assistant  color  bearer,  Ted  Beekman. 


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Officers  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.:  Mrs.  George  Loveless,  president;  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt, 
vice-president;  Mrs.  W.  F.  Murray,  secretary;  Mrs.  J.  A.  Nelson,  treasurer. 

Glen  Ellyn  Reds:  Al  Ludeke,  1st  base;  Beaumont  Paine,  2nd  base;  Dutch  Dur- 
ant,  3rd  base;  Art  Hilbourn,  short  stop;  Larry  Plummer,  left  field;  Phelps 
Pratt,  center  field;  Walter  Ludeke,  right  field;  Pete  McAleese,  catcher;  Al 
Ludeke  and  Sherwood  Johnson,  pitchers;  O'Neill  and  Clarence  Giloth,  substi- 
tutes; Stewart  Nickey,  score  keeper.  Jack  W.  Young,  president  and  business 
manager  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Baseball  Association. 

Officers  of  the  Lions'  Club  are:  President,  Fred  Orsinger;  1st  vice  president, 
Fred  Hussey,  2nd  vice  president,  Edward  Weisbrook;  3rd  vice  president,  S.  T. 
Jacobs;  secretary- treasurer,  Frank  M.  Wagner;  tail  twister,  James  Baughn; 
Lion  Tamer,  Rev.  Walter  Fasnacht;  directors,  Wilbur  Cooper  and  D.  E.  Hale. 

Officers  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Commercial  Association:  president,  Frank  Schreiber; 
vice-president,  Bruce  Cumming;  secretary,  Harold  Prichard;  treasurer,  Will 
Patch;  directors,  W.  H.  Baethke,  Frank  Newton,  Ray  Bick. 

Officers  Park  and  Playground  Association:  president,  Acors  W.  Rathbun;  1st 
vice-president,  W.  H.  Crumb;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  Willis  McCormick; 
secretary,  Horace  G.  Lozier;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  George  M.  Kendall; 
treasurer,  Arthur  Holtzman. 

Officers  of  Southeast  Improvement  Association:  president,  J.  W.  Hernlund; 
vice-president,  Walter  L.  Matas;  secretary,  Alva  Zook;  treasurer,  A.  R.  Mc- 
Pherson. 

Officers  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club:  president,  Mrs.  Fred  L.  Biester; 
first  vice-president,  Mrs.  Roy  Rogers;  second  vice-president,  Mrs.  Charles  C. 
Dietz;  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  George  J.  Ball;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Cooper;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Wilkins;  assistant  treasurer,  Mrs.  W. 
P.  Gronewold;  chairman  of  Art  Department,  Mrs.  Elmer  F.  Grabow;  chairman 
of  Civics  Department,  Mrs.  John  Ryberg;  chairman  of  Literature  Department, 
Mrs.  William  A.  Schaefer;  chairman  of  Music  Department,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hicks; 
chairman  of  Travel  Department,  Mrs.  Harry  M.  Lesh. 

Members  of  committees:  Membership,  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Pelham,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Gordon, 
Mrs.  J.  C.  Willcox. 

Social,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Dietz,  Mrs.  George  A.  Abell,  Mrs.  Leander  Baker,  Mrs.  Jas. 
W.  Belanger,  Mrs.  W.  O.  Bliss,  Mrs.  Wm.  T.  Chism,  Mrs.  Isaac  B.  Clarke,  Mrs. 
G.  H.  Keil,  Mrs.  Vincent  Koeck,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Minaker,  Jr.,  Mrs.  Louis  F.  Mueller, 
Mrs.  Matilda  Pfaff. 

House,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Stewart,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Baxter,  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Burks,  Mrs.  E.  G. 
Teeter,  Mrs.  Oliver  Townsend,  Mrs.  Harvey  Underwood. 

Child  Welfare,  Mrs.  Walter  D.  Dana,  Mrs.  George  H.  Capps,  Mrs.  Murlin 
Hoover,  Mrs.  Robert  J.  Scott,  Mrs.  Arthur  J.  Wesman. 

Elections,  Mrs.  Fred  J.  Mabrey,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Fosburg,  Mrs.  John  A.  Humphreys, 
Miss  Ethel  Mason,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Colman. 

Year  Book,  Mrs.  W.  G.  Kaiser,  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Kuoni,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Mitchell, 

Study  Class,  Mrs.  Ralph  B.  Treadway,  Mrs.  C.  N.  Clarahan,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Hall. 

Budget,  Mrs.  Maron  W.  Newcomb,  Mrs.  Douglas  B.  Robertson,  Mrs.  Charles  F. 

Wilkins. 

Philanthropy,  Mrs.  Maxon  Moore,  Mrs.  H.  T.  Rink,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Ludy. 
Program,  Mrs.  Maron  W.  Newcomb,  Mrs.  Elmer  F.  Grabow,  Mrs.  E.  W.  Hicks, 
Mrs.  Harry  M.  Lesh,  Mrs.  John  Ryberg,  Mrs.  Wm.  A.  Schaefer. 
Flower,  Mrs.  William  H.  Churchill,  Mrs.  S.  T.  Jacobs. 
Legislative,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt. 


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Conservation,  Mrs.  C.  Glenn  Whitlock. 

Press,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Utt. 

Illinois  Club  Woman's  World,  Mrs.  Andrew  N.  Fox. 

Revision,  Mrs.  Roy  L.  Rogers,  Mrs.  Russell  Calloway,  Mrs.  Charles  Boardman, 

Mrs.  F.  L.  Holch,  Mrs.  W.  G.  Kaiser,  Mrs.  Robert  H.  Patch. 

Building  Fund,   Mrs.  Walter  Dunham,   Mrs.   Ford  J.  Allen,   Mrs.  William  C. 

Allen,  Mrs.  Biester,  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge,  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Jensen,  Mrs.  Rogers,  Mrs. 

C.  D.  Sanderson,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Wienke,  Mrs.  Wilkins. 

Friendly  Co-Operation,  Mrs.  Joe  Trefny,  Mrs.  Thomas  Haslam,  Mrs.  George 

C.  Sells. 

Law  Enforcement,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Murray,  Mrs.  Alex  P.  Grant,   Mrs.  Ralph  D. 

Hammond,  Mrs.  Frank  Malec,  Mrs.  Charles  L.  Vodicka. 

Park  and  Playground,  Mrs.  Ford  J.  Allen. 

Parliamentarian,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Somerville. 

Historian  and  Custodian,  Mrs.  O.  D.  Dodge. 

Officers  of  the  Catholic  Woman's  Club:  president,  Mrs.  Fred  Orsinger;  1st 
vice-president,  Mrs.  John  Friedrickson;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  Louis  Griggs; 
3rd  vice-president,  Mrs.  William  Templin;  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  G.  A. 
Abell;  financial  secretary,  Mrs.  H.  L.  Franc;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  N. 
Apostolas;  treasurer,  Mrs.  N.  B.  Couchot;  social  chairman,  Mrs.  Templin; 
home  and  economics  chairman,  Mrs.  A.  Sjogren;  department  chairman,  Mrs. 
Frank  Ellsworth;  cheer  committee,  Mrs.  Christ  Fox. 

Officers  of  St.  Aloysius  Acolyte  Society:  president,  Charles  Tansley;  vice- 
president,  Robert  Tansley;  secretary,  Ted  Rogus;  treasurer,  Robert  Sando. 

Officers  of  Duane  Street  P.  T.  A.:  president,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Ludy;  vice-president, 
Mrs.  Russell  Stewart;  treasurer,  Mrs.  T.  S.  Grafton;  secretary,  Mrs.  Bernice 
Pennington. 

Officers  of  Hawthorne  Street  P.  T.  A.:  president,  Mrs.  Joel  Baker;  vice-presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Wilvan  Russell;  secretary,  Mrs.  Elmer  Foster;  treasurer,  Miss 
Dewey  McEvoy. 

Officers  of  Main  Street  P.  T.  A.:  president,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Buell;  vice-president, 
Mrs.  L.  A.  Sturtz;  secretary,  Miss  Isabel  Anderson;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Maxon  M. 
Moore. 

Officers  of  Franklin  P.  T.  A.:  president,  Mrs.  Roy  Drew;  vice-president,  Mrs. 
Paul  Congdon;  secretary,  Miss  Kathryn  Mathews;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Jas.  Brady. 

Officers  of  Forest  Glen  P.  T.  A.:  president,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Blackman;  vice-president, 
Mrs.  Robert  Meredith;  treasurer,  Mrs.  George  H.  Johnson. 

Officers  of  North  DuPage  League  of  Women  Voters:  president,  Dr.  F.  C.  Blan- 
chard,  Wheaton;  vice-president,  Mrs.  L.  F.  Rabe,  Villa  Park;  secretary,  Mrs. 
Jane  Collins,  Lombard;  treasure r,  Mrs.  Ralph  B.  Treadway,  Glen  Ellyn;  direc- 
tors, Mrs.  H.  C.  Lund,  Warrenville;  Mrs.  Maude  Humphreys,  Glen  Ellyn,  and 
Mrs.  Helen  Tefft,  Lombard. 

Officers  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Republican  Club:  president,  Mrs.  H.  H. 
Hitt;  vice-president,  Mrs.  John  Hasfurther;  secretary,  Mrs.  John  Ryberg; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Humphreys. 

DuPage  Trust  officers:  Frank  J.  Bogan,  president;  Howard  H.  Hilton,  vice 
president;  Ralph  B.  Treadway,  vice  president  and  trust  officer;  Robert  M.  Lord, 
cashier  and  secretary;  Helen  G.  Sanders,  assistant  secretary;  William  G. 
Shirer,  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors;  D.  S.  Adams,  William  H.  Baethke, 
George  J.  Ball,  Frank  J.  Bogan,  Charles  W.  Hadley,  Howard  Hilton,  W.  F. 
Jensen,  William  J.  Shirer,  Ralph  B.  Treadway  and  Jacob  A.  Barkey,  board  of 
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Glen  State  Bank  officers:  W.  P.  Cooper,  president;  E.  H.  MoChesney,  vice 
president;  H.  C.  Cooper,  cashier;  P.  E.  MeGough,  assistant  cashier;  Dr.  Frank 
Johnson,  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors;  Louis  P.  Hoffman,  Edgar  H.  Mc- 
Chesney,  John  H.  Kampp,  Frank  Johnson,  John  K.  Rathbun,  M.  J.  Milmoe, 
H.  C.  Cooper,  W.  P.  Cooper,  directors. 

Boy  Scouts  of  America,  DuPage  Council:  president,  R.  B.  Treadway. 
Glen  Ellyn  Local  Committee:  chairman,  A.  O.  Osterling;  secretary,  I.  M. 
Larson;  chairmen  of  standing  committees:  publicity,  C.  E.  Strawn;  finance, 
Wm.  G.  iShirer;  Court  of  Honor,  C.  K.  Howard;  camping,  J.  B.  Whitelock; 
civic  service,  H.  H.  Simmons;  troop  organization,  C.  R.  Gray,  Jr.;  leadership 
and  training,  L.  L.  Ellsworth;  other  committees  for  whom  chairman  have 
not  yet  been  chosen:  good  reading,  health  and  safety  and  educational  publicity. 
The  Scoutmasters  are:  troop  1,  22  boys,  Henry  V.  Snyder;  troop  2,  32  boys, 
W.  G.  Kaiser;  troop  3,  20  boys,  J.  C.  Hafner;  troop  4,  29  boys,  H.  G.  Wilson; 
troop  5,  22  boys,  H.  Topp;  troop  6,  15  boys,  J.  P.  Bennett. 

Girl  Scout  troops  are  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Bernice  Pennington,  Miss  Carrie  Witzig, 
Miss  Ruby  Carlson  and  Miss  Frieda  Olsen.  The  community  committee  of 
mothers  who  direct  the  work  and  transact  the  business  is  made  up  of  Mrs. 
Archer  Hayes,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Flint,  Mrs.  Bryant  Dedman,  Mrs. 
L.  B.  Hill,  Mrs.  C.  S.  Frye  and  Mrs.  A.  E.  Colman. 

Officers  of  the  DuPage  County  Real  Estate  Board:  president,  Henry  L.  Harrell, 
Wheaton;  vice-presidents,  B.  C.  Downs,  Otto  Balgemann,  Elmhurst;  O.  J. 
Roath,  Lombard;  John  J.  Wozencraft,  Glen  Ellyn;  Alfred  C.  Hoy,  Wheaton; 
Monroe  Crist,  Naperville;  William  Blodgett,  Downers  Grove;  George  Beaton, 
Hinsdale;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Howard  P.  Jones,  Downers  Grove. 

Officers  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Garden  Club:  chairman,  Mrs.  George  M.  Kendall; 
vice-chairman,  Mrs.  F.  I.  Vandercook;  secretary,  Mrs.  Paul  Congdon;  treasurer, 
Mrs.  Elmer  Foster. 

Iris  Chapter:  president,  Mrs.  P.  V.  Congdon;  vice-president,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Field; 
recording  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Robertson;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  J.  R. 
Buell;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Chas.  Morgan;  chairman  of  committees:  program,  Mrs. 
H.  Gilbert;  social,  Miss  Lida  Morris;  press,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Stewart. 

Rose  Chapter:  president,  Mrs.  Elmer  Foster;  vice-president,  Mrs.  Ralph 
Gruner;  secretary,  Mrs.  Joe  Trefny;  treasurer,  Mrs.  George  Sells;  program 
chairman,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Ludy;  publicity  chairman,  Mrs.  Lloyd  Sturtz;  social 
chairman,  Mrs.  Frank  Graser. 

Aster  Chapter:  president,  S.  H.  Ross;  vice-president,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Clarahan; 
secretary,  Mrs.  R.  W.  Gruner;  treasurer,  F.  E.  Duggan;  program  committee: 
C.  J.  Hudson,  chairman;  Mrs.  G.  M.  Kendall,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Willcox;  social  com- 
mittee: Mrs.  R.  W.  Hunter,  chairman;  Mrs.  W.  T.  Chism,  Mrs.  C.  J.  Hudson. 

Scilla  Chapter:  president,  Mrs.  F.  I.  Vandercook;  vice, president,  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Oapps;  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Gray;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  J.  D. 
Carney;  treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  S.  Swan;  program  chairman,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Kuoni; 
press  chairman,  Mrs.  R.  T.  Calloway. 

Officers  of  the  Choral  Club:  president,  C.  G.  Whitlock;  vice-president,  Mrs.  L. 
B.  Hill;  secretary,  Mrs.  Isaac  B.  Clarke;  treasurer,  John  McKenzie;  librarian, 
Miss  Gladys  Glasgow;  Directors,  Mrs.  E.  J.  Wienke  and  J.  C.  Willcox;  director 
of  chorus,  August  iSteinberg;  accompanist,  Ruth  Sanderson  Phillips. 

Officers  of  the  Motion  Picture  Forum:  president,  H.  H.  Hitt;  1st  vice-president, 
S.  H.  Ross;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  Andrew  Fox;  secretary,  Mrs.  Florence 
Kroeger;  treasurer,  L.  H.  Chamberlin. 

Officers  Building  Trades  Council  of  DuPage  County:  president,  Andrew  Olson, 
Elmhurst;  executive  secretary  and  treasurer,  Gustave  Krohn,  Glen  Ellyn. 

Officers  of  the  Infant  Welfare  Society:  president,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Wanner;  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  A.  H.  Arthur;  secretary,  Mrs.  G.  B.  Finch;  treasurer,  Mrs.  M. 


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A.  Schultz;  committee  chairmen:  social,  Mrs.  Arthur;  work,  Mrs.  Horace 
Lozier;  station,  Mrs.  R.  R.  Kraft,  and  publicity,  Mrs.  T.  J.  Canty. 

Officers  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Club:  president,  Mrs.  John  W.  Ruzicka;  treasurer, 
Mrs.  Willis  McCormick;  secretary,  Mrs.  C.  Glenn  Whitlock;  social  chairman, 
Mrs.  S.  S.  Montgomery;  score  keeper,  Mrs.  T.  Stuart  Smith;  assistant  score 
keeper,  Mrs.  Chas.  M.  Morgan;  members  of  executive  board:  Mrs.  Fred  C. 
Braeutigam,  Mrs.  Robert  Scott  and  Mrs.  A.  S.  Watson. 

SCHOOLS 

Teachers  for  the  grade  schools,  1928-29;  superintendent,  R.  D.  Bowden,  who 
enters  on  3-year  contract;  Miss  Mildred  Barloga,  his  secretary. 

Main:  1st  grade,  Dorothy  Scharmann;  1st  and  2nd,  Pearl  E.  Walker;  2nd, 
Mary  E.  Stanton,  principal;  3rd,  Dorothy  Lawrence;  4th,  Ruth  O'Connor  and 
Georgians  Miller;  5th,  Alice  E.  Bates;  5th  and  6th,  Ruth  E.  Creel;  6th,  Ruby 
Johnson;  substitute  for  principal,  Mrs.  Janvrin. 

Hawthorne:  1st,  Allegra  Rathbun  and  Gay  Nichols;  2nd,  Laverne  Lane  and 
Frances  Crisler,  principal;  3rd,  Dewey  McEvoy  and  Norma  Stevens;  3rd  and 
4th,  Grace  Silva;  4th  and  5th,  Emma  Remensnyder;  5th,  Grace  Bolinger; 
5th  and  6th,  Eva  May  Cochran;  6th,  Bertha  Tweed. 

Franklin:  1st,  Kathryn  Mathew;  2nd,  Ruth  Sheehan;  3rd,  Florence  Kroeger, 
principal;  4th,  Lillian  Anderson;  5th  and  6th,  Ruby  E.  Huggett. 

Duane:  Kathryn  E.  Pugh,  principal;  Bernadine  Comiskey,  English;  Margaret 
Paxton,  history;  Bernice  Pennington,  literature;  Ruby  Carlson,  arithmetic; 
Isabel  J.  Anderson,  hygiene  and  reading;  Dorothy  Leggitt,  social  science;  Joy 
Van  Vorst,  geography;  Iola  Wallace,  English;  Carrie  Witzig,  history. 

Special  teachers:  Wilma  Skidmore,  art  supervisor;  Linnea  Lund,  music; 
Vaughan  Wallace,  athletic  supervisor  and  arithmetic;  Ralph  Magor,  band 
director,  and  Frieda  Olsen,  school  nurse. 

Janitors:  Duane  and  Franklin,  Henry  Binger  and  sons;  Main,  John  Canada; 
Hawthorne,  Charles  Sherman  and  Dan  McCarty. 

Forest  Glen  teachers  1928-29:  F.  A.  Bell,  principal;  June  Moehler,  music; 
Verna  Hasseries,  Florence  Warder  and  Kathryn  Smelting. 

St.  Petronille's  teachers  for  1928-29:  Sister  Geraldine,  Sister  Gregory,  Sister 
Novella,  Sister  Vitalis,  Sister  Bartha  (music). 

Staff  of  the  "Duane  Noise,"  started  at  Duane  School  by  Miss  Comiskey, 
English  teacher:  editor,  James  Milmoe;  sports  editor,  George  Lineburg;  society 
editor,  Florence  Fogelsanger;  joke  editor,  Helen  Geiersbach;  editorial  editor, 
Virginia  Hitt;  business  manager,  Ruthana  Osterling;  advertising  manager, 
Roger  Gavin;  circulation  manager,  8-4,  Eloise  Cooper;  8-3,  Pearl  Courtice, 
8-2,  John  Huntoon,  8-1,  Jane  Frye,  7th,  Wm.  Anderson;  reporters,  Kathryn 
Flint  and  Jane  Fogelsanger;  cartoonist,  Helen  Minaker;  treasurer,  Gertrude 
Lozier. 

The  football  squad  at  Duane:  captain,  Al  Jellies,  LeRoy  Erickson,  Bernard 
Ulrick,  George  Rose,  George  Li  ch  ten  waiter,  Ralph  Betts,  Junior  Dehl,  Phelps 
Congdon,  George  Lineburg,  Boyd  Bremner,  Winston  Pray,  Alfred  Eaton, 
Robert  Burks,  Wayne  Feurhaken,  William  Nadelhoffer,  Lyle  Kreitzer,  Ernest 
Rose,  Robert  Warner,  Warren  Smith,  James  Murray,  Charles  Reifenstein, 
Chester  LeVere,  Jack  Burton,  Donald  Stewart  and  Wesley  Baughman. 

Glenbard  teachers  1928-29:  Fred  L.  Biester,  principal;  Blanche  Kirk,  secre- 
tary to  Mr.  Biester;  Charles  F.  Butler,  physical  education,  coach;  Ruth  McLean, 
dean  of  girls,  history;  Helen  Allen,.  English,,  public  speaking;  Orth  Baer, 
mechanical  drawing,  band  director;  Bernice  Douglas,  art;  Clara  Diers,  Latin, 
history;  Lois  Glass,  English;  Wesley  Gronewold,  physics,  athletics;  Hazel 
Hegner,   science,   sewing;    Mildred   Lundberg,   French;    Ralph   Magor,   mathe- 


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matics;  Don  Miller,  science;  Delpha  Patterson,  Latin;  Martha  Pinney,  mathe- 
matics; Helen  Trowbridge,  science;  Mary  Belle  Warth,  commercial;  Richard 
Durrett,  music;  Cornelia  Neuwenhuyse,  director  of  health  and  physical  edu- 
cation for  girls;  Ruth  Lewis,  English;  Rose  McGlennon,  English;  L.  B.  Reed, 
mathematics;  Alice  Roberts,  Latin  and  French;  Mary  Swinney,  English;  Orpha 
Romps,  commercial  and  arithmetic;  Clorah  Corzine,  commercial;  Arthur 
Repke,  social  science. 

Girl  Reserve  officers:  president,  Jane  Heald;  vice-president,  Marian  Arnold; 
program  chairman,  Marian  Hibbard;  secretary,  Eileen  Mitchell;  treasurer, 
Dorothy  Lewis;  service  chairman,  June  Meister;  social  chairman,  Jeanne 
Walter. 


Glenbard  Heavyweight  Team  1928 


Glenbard  Lightweight  Team  1928 


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Glenbard's  Heavyweight  football  team  for  the  1928  season:  captain,  Benny- 
Wold;  David  Anderson,  Frank  Bouska,  James  Carruthers,  Hugh  Cash,  Paul 
Daniels,  John  Deiber,  George  Dopp,  Stanley  Eaton,  Ray  Ericksen,  William 
Flint,  Ed.  Gorman,  Thomas  Gregg,  Robert  Griffith,  Herbert  Hill,  William 
Kellogg,  Richard  Kelly,  Kenneth  Kidd,  William  Kiser,  John  Knaak,  George 
LaRoi,  William  Lawrence,  Howard  McAninch,  Ray  MacDonald,  Roger  Maylone, 
Richard  Marquardt,  Rudolph  Ohl,  John  O'Neill,  David  Powell  and  George 
Rose. 

The  boys  on  the  Lightweight  team  are:  captain,  Austin  Abell;  George  Apos- 
tolas,  Franklyn  Benson,  Allen  Blackwell,  James  Brady,  Theodore  Bremer, 
Ardin  Buell,  James  Cochran,  Ray  Cottingham,  Ray  Ericksen,  John  Gamon, 
Jules  Gonseth,  Clark  Hine,  Robert  Hoy,  Harold  Hyatt,  Allan  Johnson,  George 
Koepple,  Warren  League,  Walter  Lindsay,  Austin  Mann,  Arnold  Marenack, 
Charles  Michaels,  Hunter  Michaels,  Elwood  Myers,  Harry  Peterson,  John 
Purdum,  Robert  Rose,  Donald  Rautson,  Richard  Sabin,  James  Schock,  Ray 
Shawl,  Francis  Sjogren,  Lawrence  Sjogren,  Jack  Stauffer,  Melvin  Suttie, 
Spencer  Michaels  and  Eugene  Strawn. 

The  new  class  officers  at  Glenbard  are:  seniors,  Dick  Kelly,  president;  Dave 
Powell,  vice-president;  Eileen  Mitchell,  secretary- treasurer.  Juniors,  Roger 
Maylone,  president;  June  Meister,  vice-president;  Virginia  Teeter,  secretary- 
treasurer.  Sophomores,  Jesse  Wagner,  president;  J.  L.  Wagner,  vice-president; 
Walter  Lindsay,  secretary- treasurer.  Freshman,  Joe  Cutler,  president;  Hugh 
Cash,  vice-president;  Russell  O'Connor,  secretary-treasurer. 
Athaenean  Society:  president,  Arnold  Marenack;  vice-president,  Spencer 
Michaels. 

Erodelphian  Society:  president,  Victoria  Strawn;  vice-president,  Roger  May- 
lone. 

Athletic  Association:  president,  Richard  Marquardt;  vice-president,  John 
Ensminger;  secretary,  Victoria  Strawn;  Jesse  Wagner  and  Betty  Phillips, 
directors. 

Student  Council:  chairman,  Roger  Maylone. 

Glen  Bard  staff,  elected  by  the  faculty:  managing  editor,  Joe  Milmoe;  business 
manager,  Ardin  Buell;  advertising  managers,  Arnold  Marenack  and  Rose 
Zvedelik;  assisting  editors,  Wilbur  Osterling  and  Ruth  Watt;  reporters, 
Roberta  Fenzel,  Mildred  Kelly,  Dorothy  Lewis,  Elsie  Lenoir,  Walter  Lindsay 
and  Jesse  Wagner;  sports  editor,  Frank  Malec;  class  reporters,  Senior, 
Lucille  Myers;  Junior,  William  Day;  Sophomore,  Gertrude  Benthey;  Freshman, 
Marian  Wozencraft,  Joe  Cutler  and  Charles  Young;  typists,  Mabel  Ludy, 
Jeanne  Walter,  Rose  Zvedelik  and  Evelyn  Goeckel. 


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CHURCHES 

Officers  of  the  First  Congregational  Church:  minister,  Rev.  O.  L.  Kiplinger; 

secretary,  Miss  Evelyn  Warner;  Sunday  School  superintendent,  R.  L.  Rogers, 

Woman's  Society:  president,  Mrs.  Wm.  Powell;  1st  vice-president,  Mrs.  F.  L. 

Holch;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  Walter  Rogers;  secretary,  Mrs.  E.  A.  Peterson; 

treasurer,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Dunham. 

Circle  Chairmen:  Steadfast,  Mrs.  Fred  Surkamer;  Priscilla,  Mrs.  J.  R.  Gott; 

Gift,    Mrs.   H.    S.    Cline;    Friendship,    Mrs.    L,    L.    Call;    Symphonion,    Mrs.    A. 

Steinberg;   Lookout,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Hurley;  Utility,   Mrs.  J.  Boyd;   Whatsoever, 

Mrs.  Geo.  P.  Bennet. 

Young  People's  Society:  president,  Warren  B.  Ohler;  vice-president,  Victoria 

Strawn;  secretary-treasurer,  Helen  Turner. 

Young  People's  Chorus:  director,  Mrs.  Jay  C.  Willcox. 

Church   Quartette:    Walter  Boydston,    tenor;    Mrs.   Boydston,    soprano;    Jane 

Symons,  contralto;  Leonard  Huber,  bass. 

The  Pilgrim  Club:  president,  Eugene  C.  Hall;  vice-president,  E.  A.  Peterson; 

secretary-treasurer,  R.  M.  Kolze. 

Daughters  of  the  Covenant:  president,  Gladys  Fuller;  vice-president,  Florence 
Kroeger;  secretary,  Pearl  Walker;  treasurer,  Eleanor  Chapman. 

Teachers:  Gladys  Fuller,  Grace  Silva,  Evelyn  Steinberg,  Geo.  G.  Nelson,  Evelyn 
Warner,  Mrs.  Vaughn  C.  Wallace,  L.  L.  Call,  Margaret  Rogers,  H.  R.  Mardorf, 
Mrs.  R.  L.  Rogers,  H.  J.  Lounsbury,  Mrs.  Cecil  M.  Knights,  Kenneth  Redman, 
Mrs.  L.  L.  Call,  H.  H.  Hitt,  J.  W.  Hurley,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Utt,  Mrs.  O.  L.  Kiplinger, 
Mrs.  H.  H.  Hitt,  R.  L.  Rogers. 

Officers  of  the  First  Evangelical  Church:  pastor,  Theo.  W.  Holtorf ;  secretary, 
C.  Strabel;  treasurer,  A.  Gathmann. 

Women's  Missionary  Society:  president,  Mrs.  Theo.  W.  Holtorf;  vice-president, 
Mrs.  G.  Lile;  secretary,  Mrs.  M.  M.  Kinnaman;  financial  secretary,  Mrs.  John 
Gathman;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Chas.  Strabel. 
Christian  Endeavor  Society:  president,  Theodore  Witt. 
Church  Missionary  Society:  president,  Mrs.  W.  Harold  Simons. 
Sunday  School:  superintendent,  Paul  Riemenschnitter;  associate  superintend- 
ents, Arthur  Gathman  and  Fred  Tollefsen.     Teachers:  Fred  Tollefsen,  Arthur 
Gathman,  Mrs.  W.  Harold  Simons,  Mrs.  LeRoy  Ericksen,  Mrs.  Charles  Strabel, 
Raldo  Sevland,  and  Misses  Eleanor  Gathman,  Nettie  Geske,  Esther  Sevland, 
Marie  Petersen,  Ruth  Tillis,  Ruth  Lile  and  Lucille  Lintner. 
Choir:  director,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Simons. 

Organists:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Harold  Simons;  assistant  organist,  Miss  Mabel 
Youngstrom. 

Officers  of  Grace  Lutheran  Church:  pastor,  Rev.  H.  Mackensen;  chairman,  T. 

W.  Marquardt;  secretary,  A.  Mesenbrink;  treasurer,  Wm.  H.  Baethke;  financial 

secretary,  A.  W.  Langeloh;  deacons,  F.  J.  Schreiber,  H.  Zielke,  P.  Gustafson; 

trustees,   F.   Marquardt,   J.   S.   Wagner,   L.   J.   Thiele;   organist,   Mrs.   Worrell 

Grimshaw. 

Sunday    School:    superintendent,    Rev.    Mackensen;    assistant    superintendent, 

Annie    Rathbun;    primary    superintendent,    Mrs.    H.    Mackensen;    cradle    roll 

superintendent,  Camilla  Fuchs;   treasurer,  F.  J.  Schreiber.     Teachers:  Lillian 

Schuetz,  Bonita  Fuchs,  Irene  Grimshaw,  Alyce  Wegner,  Ruth  Gourlay,  Camilla 

Fuchs,  Mrs.  Spellerburg,  H.  Mackensen. 

Ladies'  Aid:  president,  Mrs.  H.  Mackensen;  vice-president,  Mrs.  H.  T.  Rink; 

secretary,  Mrs.  A.  Swanson;  treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  Mesenbrink. 

Dorcas  Guild:   chairman,  Ellen  Rink;  vice-chairman,  Edna  Jellies;   secretary, 

Edna  Schaus;  treasurer,  Irene  Kamholz. 


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Walther  League:  chairman,  Annie  Rathbun;  vice-chairman,  Conrad  Rose; 
secretary,  Edna  Schaus;  treasurer,  Gilbert  Grinnell. 

Officers  of  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church:  minister,  Rev.  C.  A.  Bloomquist; 
pastor's  assistant,  Mrs.  Ethlynne  A.  Bruce;  honorary  trustees,  M.  H.  Paine, 
H.  D.  Thompson;  board  of  trustees,  J.  H.  Gilbert,  W.  P.  Conyers,  H.  H. 
Simmons,  C.  H.  Hibbard,  C.  D.  Nickey,  W.  R.  Houchens,  J.  C.  Miller,  H.  H. 
Kendall,  C.  M.  Jorgeson;  honorary  steward,  A.  Biemolt;  board  of  stewards, 
Harry  Clark,  Dr.  G.  H.  Ensminger,  H.  C.  Estee,  H.  A.  Hansen,  Walter  Hansen, 
E.  M.  Hardine,  Irving  Kelly,  W.  R.  Kettenring,  Geo.  B.  Lock,  W.  L.  Irish, 
Otto  Pastor,  N.  T.  Palmer,  A.  R.  Shepherd,  H.  W.  Underwood,  E.  J.  Wienke, 
J.  H.  Wise,  B.  F.  March,  R.  W.  Canfield,  E.  E.  Oates,  L.  H.  Webb,  S.  T.  Jacobs, 
J.  S.  Kelly,  O.  A.  Elliot,  H.  D.  Thompson,  Rufus  White,  John  Fitch,  P.  M.  Black, 
E.  E.  McBride,  L.  D.  Nichol,  F.  C.  Payne,  W.  Lee  Fergus.  (W.  L.  Simpson  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  December  2,  1928,  was  a  member  of  this  board). 
Ladies'  Aid:  president,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Trask;  vice-president,  Mrs.  F.  C.  Payne; 
secretary,  Mrs.  H.  W.  Underwood;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  C.  Sten- 
strom;  treasurer,  Mrs.  H.  H.  Simmons. 

Circle  Chairmen:  1,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Carpenter;  2,  Mrs.  R.  R.  Simpson;  3,  Mrs.  H.  F. 
Jauch;  4,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Mitchell;  5,  Mrs.  E.  E.  McBride;  6,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Craig; 
7,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Courtice;  8,  Mrs.  A.  R.  Shepherd;  9,  Mrs.  F.  W.  Julian;  10,  Mrs. 
Geo.  Douglass. 

Woman's  Foreign  Missionary  Society:  president,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Gilbert;  1st  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  R.  W.  Canfield;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Hibbard;  3rd 
vice-president,  Mrs.  A.  Biemolt;  4th  vice-president,  Mrs.  L.  E.  Mitchell;  secre- 
tary, Mrs.  Maxfield  Bear;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  A.  McWilliams;  treas- 
urer, Mrs.  C.  D.  Nickey;  mite  box  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Houchens;  steward- 
ship secretary,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wagner;  field  support  secretary,  Mrs.  A.  E.  Sylvester; 
extension  secretary,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Bennett;  King's  Heralds  superintendent,  Mrs.  A. 
J.  Ludy;  Little  Light  Bearers  superintendent,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Hardine. 

Woman's  Home  Missionary  Society:  president,  Mrs.  N.  T.  Palmer;  2nd  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Bush;  3rd  vice-president,  Mrs.  H.  Mitchell;  recording 
secretary,,  Mrs.  Otto  Pastor;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Maxfield  Bear; 
treasurer,  Mrs.  P.  M.  Black;  Queen  Esther,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Pederson;  Home  Guards, 
Mrs.  A.  M.  Reed  and  Mrs.  R.  W.  Canfield;  Mother's  Jewels,  Mrs.  John  Low; 
exangelism,  Mrs.  D.  R.  Ingersoll;  stewardship  secretary,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Wagner; 
supplies,  Mrs.  H.  Jauch;  missionary  education,  Mrs.  George  Douglass;  mite  box 
secretary,  Mrs.  R.  W.  Canfield;  Thank-offering  secretary,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Bush; 
Christian  citizenship,  Mrs.  H.  Mitchell;  birthday  secretary,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Hibbard; 
bequest  and  devise  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  Hansen. 

Men's  Club:  president,  W.  W.  Shaw,  Jr.;  1st  vice-president,  E.  E.  McBride; 
2nd  vice-  president,  Fred  J.  Hussey;  3rd  vice-  president,  W.  L.  Irish;  4th  vice- 
president,  J.  S.  Kelly;  secretary  and  treasurer,  J.  C.  Miller. 

Epworth  League:    president,  Marvin  Lane;   1st  vice  president,  Vera  Pastor; 

2nd  vice-president,  Dorothy  Moore;  3rd  vice-president,  Marjorie  Shepard;  4th 

vice-president,  Jlne  Steck;  secretary,  Dollie  Abrams;  treasurer,  Arndt  Erickson. 

Erickson. 

High    School    League:     counselor,    Rev.    C.    A.    Bloomquist;    president,    John 

Wagner;    1st  vice-president,    Dorothy   Meredith;    2nd   vice-president,    Isabelle 

March;  3rd  vice-president,  Harry  Mitchell;  4th  vice-president,  Sarah  Bouska; 

secretary,   Virginia   Elliott;    treasurer,   Helen  Hansen;    pianist  and   assistant, 

Mildred  Kelly  and  Janet  Eichenberger. 

Intermediate   League:     counselor,    Mrs.   Ethlynne   A.   Bruce;    president,    Paul 

Nelson;  1st  vice-president,  June  Underwood;  2nd  vice-president,  John  Gilbert; 

3rd   vice-president,    Merle    Irish;    4th   vice-president,    Jane    Davis;    secretary, 

Harold  Jauch;  treasurer,  Richard  Jauch;  pianist,  Merle  Irish. 

Choir:   director,  Inez  Hubbard  Hicks;  pianist,  Mary  Carnduff  Black;  president, 

P.   M.   Black;    1st  vice-president,    R.   W.   Canfield;    2nd   vice-president,    C.   E. 


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Rideout;  3rd  vice-president,  Mildred  Sweetman;  secretary-treasurer,  Louise 
Koeck. 

Sunday  School:  superintendent,  C.  D.  Nickey;  superintendent  adult  depart- 
ment, E.  E.  MoBride;  superintendent  senior  department,  C.  H.  Hibbard;  junior 
and  intermediate  department  superintendent,  A.  M.  Reed;  primary  department 
superintendent,  Mrs.  P.  M.  Black;  beginners  department  superintendent,  Mrs. 

E.  M.  Hardine;  secretary,  Harry  Clark;  assistant  secretary,  Frank  Bouska; 
financial  secretary,  R.  W.  Canfield;  enrollment  and  absentee  secretary,  Mrs. 
R.  A.  Bruce;  treasurer,  P.  M.  Black;  missionary  and  temperance  superinten- 
dent, Mrs,  N.  T.  Palmer;  cradle  roll  superintendent,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Rideout; 
chorister,  Lester  Blackman;  pianist,  Vera  Pastor. 

Teachers — Beginners:  Mrs.  E.  M.  Hardine,  superintendent;  Mrs.  Roy  Drew, 
Louise  Harris,  Mrs.  W.  R.  Greenlee,  Mabel  Ludy,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Pedersen,  Mrs. 
A.  E.  Richardson,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Rideout:  Primary:  Mrs.  P.  M.  Black,  superinten- 
dent; Isabelle  March,  Mrs.  J.  P.  Bennett,  Mrs.  Harold  Jauch,  Marian  Hibbard, 
Mrs.  C.  W.  Bush,  Mrs.  H.  S.  McQuarrie,  Salina  Kirby,  Freida  Galland,  Mrs.  C. 
D.  Nickey,  S.  T.  Jacobs,  Mrs.  S.  T.  Jacobs:  Junior  and  Intermediate:  A.  M. 
Reed,  superintendent;  Gwen  Hole,  Mrs.  John  A.  Low,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Merrill, 
Andrew  White,  Vera  Pastor,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Carpenter,  Mrs.  W.  P.  Conyers,  Mrs. 
L.  D.  Parsons,  A.  J.  Ruckert,  Mrs.  John  H.  Fitch,  Mr.  Saulstrom,  Mrs.  J.  W. 
Craig,  N.  T.  Palmer,  Mrs.  H.  R.  Courtice,  E.  M.  Hardine,  C.  E.  Rideout:  Senior: 
C.  H.  Hibbard,  superintendent;  Mrs.  A.  M.  Reed,  Mrs.  F  F.  Vallette,  Dr.  L.  O. 
Morgan,  O.  W.  Sutch,  Mrs.  E.  F.  Grabow,  Dorothy  Lock,  W  Lee  Fergus,  Mrs. 
Inez  Hubbard  Hicks,  P.  M.  Black,  Mrs.  O.  A.  Elliot,  Mrs.  C.  A.  Bloomquist, 
L.  Dow  Nichol:  Adult  Department:  E.  E.  McBride,  superintendent;  Mrs.  Fran- 
ces E.  Ingersol  and  H.  H.  Simmons. 

Officers  Free  Methodist  Church:  Rev.  Helen  I.  Root,  pastor:  board  of  trustees; 
William  F.  Jensen,  president;  Joseph  T.  Hart,  treasurer;  Roy  L.  Shepard,  sec- 
retary; David  Suttie,  E.  B.  Middleton:  Roy  L.  Shepard,  Sunday  School  super- 
intendent; secretary,  Mrs.  Hall;  teachers:  J.  T.  Hart,  William  F.  Jensen,  Miss 
Root,  Mrs.  Hill,  Miss  Green,  Mrs.  Mabel  F.  Carson:  president  Woman's  Mis- 
sionary Society,  Helen  I.  Root. 

Officers  of  St.  Mark's  Episcopal  Church:  rector,  Rev.  D.  A.  McGregor;  war- 
dens: F.  B.  Wyckoff,  J.  M.  Young;  vestrymen:  Joel  Baker,  G.  B.  Goodrich, 
C.  E.  Hoyt,  M.  J.  Milmoe,  H.  E.  Richardson,  O.  M.  Roessel,  H.  G.  Wilson: 
superintendent  Church  School:  H.  M.  Prime;  assistant  superintendent  Church 
School,  G.  T.  Jennings:    teachers:  Mrs.  L.  J.  Hiatt,  Mrs.  G.  B.  Goodrich,  Mrs. 

F.  L.  Piatt,  Mrs.  F.  D.  Schook,  Miriam  Gregg,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Clarke,  Mrs.  H. 
Bradshaw,  Mrs.  Jesse  Scott,  Mrs.  F.  J.  Benthey,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Miller,  Mrs.  P.  Q. 
Griffiths,  F.  Tremblay,  H.  Gregg,  Geo.  Capps,  H.  G.  Wilson,  Joel  Baker,  J.  M. 
Young,  Rev.  D.  A.  McGregor:  treasurer  Church  School,  L.  L.  Ellsworth; 
secretary  Church  School,  Joe  Milmoe. 

Women's  Guild:  president,  Mrs.  H.  M.  Lesh;  1st  vice-president,  Mrs.  F.  Q. 
Newton;  2nd  vice-president,  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  Pelham;  secretary,  Mrs.  G.  M. 
Griggs;  treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  W.  Rathbun. 

St.  Margaret's  Chapter:    president,  Mrs.  A.  S.  Flett;  vice-president,  Mrs.  F.  Q. 
Newton;  secretary,  Mrs.  M.  Schultz;  treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  K.  Jones. 
Men's  Club:    president,  W.  A.  Rohm;  vice-president,  T.  V.  Parke;   secretary, 
J.  H.  Stevens;  treasurer,  Alfred  Arthur. 

Daughters  of  the  King:  director,  Mrs.  L.  J.  Hiatt;  president,  Miriam  Gregg; 
vice-presidents,  Mrs.  R.  Tillman,  Charlotte  Lesh;  secretary,  Mary  Buell;  treas- 
urer, Mrs.  S.  Elsy. 


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Officers  of  the  First  Baptist  Church:  acting  pastor,  G.  D.  Franklin;  moderator, 
Manly  C.  Wareham;  deacons,  Frank  Sheahan,  W.  S.  Abell,  M.  J.  Evans,  C.  E. 
Pray,  Fred  Oldenberg,  Mr.  Creel;  deaconesses,  Mrs.  C.  E.  Pray,  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Carlson,  Mrs.  E.  Daniels,  Mrs.  Frank  Sheahan;  trustees,  H.  O.  Harriman, 
Joseph  Wassell,  M.  C.  Wareham,  Robert  Thompson,  J.  A.  Nelson,  C.  A.  Carlson ; 
treasurer,  H.  O.  Harriman;  assistant  treasurer,  Chas.  R.  Corwine;  clerk,  Mrs. 
Bessie  Thompson;  corresponding-  secretary,  Mrs.  T.  S.  Grafton;  superintendent 
of  Sunday  School,  Frank  Sheahan;  assistant  superintendent  of  Sunday  School, 
T.  S.  Grafton;  secretary  of  Sunday  School,  B.  A.  Nelson;  treasurer  of  Sunday 
School,  H.  O.  Harriman;  teachers,  G.  D.  Franklin,  U.  S.  Abell,  W.  K.  Pierce, 
F.  L.  Smith,  H.  O.  Harriman,  Mrs.  E.  L.  Daniels,  Mrs.  C.  Pray,  Mrs.  W.  K. 
Pierce,  Mrs.  John  Tingley,  Addie  Gordon,  Rowena  Tingley;  superintendent  of 
cradle  roll,  Mrs.  H.  O.  Harriman;  primary  superintendent,  Mrs.  U.  S.  Abell. 
Woman's  Missionary  Societay:  president,  Mrs.  John  Tingley;  vice-president, 
Mrs.  C.  Pray;  secretary,  T.  S.  Grafton;  treasurer,  Mrs.  Robert  Thompson. 
Senior  B.  Y.  P.  U.:  president,  Elizabeth  Sheahan;  Intermediate  B.  Y.  P.  U.: 
Douglas  Eadie;  permanent  council  representatives:  Manly  C.  Wareham,  Mrs. 
Robert  Thompson;  Baptist  Executive  Council  representative:  H.  O.  Harriman. 

Officers  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church:  pastor,  Rev.  Leslie  G.  Whitcomb; 
elders,  L.  H.  Chamberlin,  clerk;  Philip  Ganzhorn,  S.  S.  Montgomery,  F.  C. 
Braeutigam,  W.  N.  Graves,  J.  Andrew  Myers,  R.  V.  Emmons,  D.  W.  Alspaugh, 
Cyrus  B.  Stafford;  deacons,  G.  E.  Merkes,  chairman;  V.  E.  Jefferson,  Donald 
Gawne,  L,  L.  Kunz,  L.  H.  Halvorsen,  W.  R.  Zollinger,  L.  W.  Temple;  trustees, 
Earl  Twichell,  chairman;  William  Gawne,  F.  W.  Gulbrandsen,  W.  J.  Russel, 
W.  N.  Graves,  J.  G.  Wozencraft,  Dr.  J.  C.  Morrow,  Carl  R.  Gray,  Jr. 
Departmental  Heads:  Sunday  School  superintendent,  F.  C.  Braeutigam;  secre- 
tary, Louis  Temple. 

Woman's  Society:  president,  Mrs.  J.  C.  Morrow;  circle  chairmen,  Mrs.  T.  B. 
Webster,  Mrs.  T.  Soma,  Mrs.  E.  S.  McLeod,  Mrs.  Fred  Steinhoff. 
Christian  Endeavor:   Rev.  Leslie  G.  Whitcomb;   Junior  Endeavor,   Mrs.  J.  G. 
Wozencraft. 

St.  Petronille  Roman  Catholic  Church:   Rev.  Walter  L.  Fasnacht,  pastor. 


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Forest  Hill  Cemetery 

The  land  was  given  by  David  Christian,  1833-34-35.  For  many  years 
Philo  Stacy  took  care  of  it.  It  is  now  administered  as  an  association 
with  J.  D.  McChesney,  Allen  Myers  and  Wilbur  Cooper  as  directors. 
There  are  many  soldiers  buried  in  it  from  the  War  of  1812,  the  Mexican 
War,  the  Civil  War,  the  Spanish- American  War  and  the  World  War.  The 
following  list  is  from  the  records  of  J.  D.  McChesney: 


Soldiers  of  the  Civil  War  buried 

Ackerman,  Alonzo 
Ackerman,  Miles 
Ackerman,  John  D. 
Brooks,   E.  H. 
Brody,  James 
Bradshaw,  Francis  M. 
Butterfield,  George  J. 
Chittenden,  Henry  J. 
Churchill,  Amos 
Churchill,  W.  H. 
Christian,  Chas.  Wesley 
Dean,  George  A. 
Farley,  A.  D. 
Fenemore,  Henry 
Foulke,  Nathan 
Fruendenburg,  Chas. 
Caddis,  Jacob 
Groff,  John 
Hambloek,  Peter 
Hubbard,  E.  B. 
Hull,  Frank 
Hull,  J.  B. 
Janes,  Albert  S. 
Jenkins,  J.  W. 
Jones,  Enos 
Jones,  David 
Jonas,  Thomas 
Johnson,  O.  F. 
Kelley,  David 
Kemp,  Jesse  H. 
Laier,  Jacob 


in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery 

Le  Baron,  Edw.  S. 
Mertz,  Owen 
Meisner,  Geo. 
Murcer,  J.  H. 
Myers,  William  Henry 
Myers,  Frederick  A. 
Myers,  E.  R. 
Myers,  Charles 
McChesney,  J.  R. 
Newton,  William  C. 
Owings,  Charles 
Penrose,  William 
Phelps,  Chas.  S. 
Potter,  Dr.  H.  S. 
Richardson,  John 
Robertson,  George  H. 
Smith,  John  F. 
Schmidt,  Frederick 
Sandercock,  George 
Sollenburger,  Valentine  B. 
Stacy,  Philo  W. 
Sanderson,  W.  L. 
Slyter,  Charles 
Valentine,  C. 
Valdine,  H.  W. 
Walker,  A.  R. 
Wagoner,  William  A. 
Wareham,  C.  H. 
Way,  Edmund 
Wagner,  Joseph 
Yalding,  H.  W. 


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Soldiers  from  other  wars  buried  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery 

WAR  OF  1812 

Winslow  Churchill 
John  Ballard 
Dr.   Bonny 
William  Dodge 


Daniel  Fish 
William  J.  Johnson 
Nathan  Homes 
Moses  Stacy 


MEXICAN  WAR 


Warren  Hubbard 


SPANISH-AMERICAN  WAR 

Chas.  E.  Donly  C.  G.  McClelland 

John  Laier  John  C.  Peterson 


WORLD  WAR 


William  Achterfeld 
Wilbur  H.  Johnson 
Andrew  F.  Wagner 


Axel  Arvidson 
Charles  Regal 
James  McClelland. 


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GENEALOGIES 


BY 


Bessie  Clute  Huwen 


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First  marker  placed  by 

Anan  Harmon  Chapter  D.  A.  R. 

in  Stacy  Park 


1834 

"Dedicated  to  the  memory  of  the  pioneers  of  this  district,  first  called 
Babcock's  Grove,  next  Du  Page  Center,  then  Stacy  Corners,  St.  Charles 
Road. 

fThe  buffalo  trace — 
The  Indian  trail — 
Lo!  the  white  race, 
The  ways  of  God  prevail." 

Erected  by  Anan  Harmon  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution,  1925. 

"Boulder  taken  from  Busch  farm." 

Dedicated  Flag  Day,  June  14,  1925. 

— Inscription  on  Marker. 


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THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  163 

ACKERMAN 

rjYOHN  DAVIS  ACKERMAN  was  born  in  Saratoga,  Saratoga  County,  N.  Y., 

October   24,    1799,    died   September    11,    1859.     Parents    were    natives    of 

Holland.  Married  Lurania  Churchill,  born  February  15,  1802,  in  Branden, 
Rutland  County,  Vermont;  she  was  a  daughter  of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill. 
The  marriage  occurred  in  January,  1825,  in  Comittus,  Onondaga  County,  N.  Y. 
They  came  west  in  1834,  settling  on  St.  Charles  Road,  east  of  Five  Corners, 
on  the  south  side  of  the  road.  Their  family  consisted  of  five  children,  one 
having  died  in  infancy:  Winslow,  born  July  21,  1826;  Elbyron,  born  December 
18,  1828;  Miles,  born  October  18,  1832;  Erastus,  born  July  6,  1835,  and  Alonzo, 
born  July  30,  1838.  The  first  three  were  born  in  Comittus,  N.  Y.,  and  the  last 
two  at  Newton's  Station  (now  Glen  Ellyn),  DuPage  County,  Illinois. 

Winslow  married  Parmelia  Holmes  August  22,  1849;  four  children:  Eben, 
Lorena,  Perry  and  Adella.  Adella  married  Eugene  House.  They  had  two 
children:  Harry  (lives  in  Chicago),  and  Ida,  who  married  William  Madison  in 
Chicago,  but  now  resides  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

Elbyron  married  Mary  Jane  Russell,  of  South  Elgin;  two  children:  Adel- 
bert  (married  Anna  Ellis,  of  Bloomingdale),  and  Alice,  who  married  William 
Ingraham,  also  of  Bloomingdale. 

Miles  married  1852,  first,  Jane  Cox,  native  of  England,  and  second,  Mary 
Finnemore.     Miles'  children  were  Edwin  M.,  Emma,  Charles  and  Fannie. 

Miles  was  a  corporal  in  Company  H,  141st  Illinois  Infantry,  Civil  War, 
enlisted  1864. 

Erastus  married.     Wife's  name,  Irene.     Lived  in  Michigan. 

Alonzo  died  November  25,  1917.  Married  Mary  S.  Coffin,  of  Danby,  1856, 
born  July  29,  1835,  in  Wackendorf,  Germany;  died  August  6,  1921.  Their 
children  were: 

1.  Mary,  born  January  3,  1860;  married  Adelbert  Sherman,  of  Danby; 
one  child,  May,  married  Charles  Brown;  resides  in  New  Jersey. 

2.  Ellen,  born  March  3,  1861;  married  Sanford  Taylor,  of  Wheaton;  their 
child,  Louis  Walter  Taylor,  married;  lives  in  LaGrange. 

3.  Matilda,  born  August  8,  1862;  married  Carol  Locke,  of  Eton,  Ohio; 
no  children.     Mrs.  Locke  now  a  widow;  resides  in  her  father's  house. 

4.  William  A.  D.,  born  December  14,  1866;  bachelor;  died  November  8, 
1913. 

5.  Minna,  born  July  15,  1869;  died  February  18,  1900;  married  John 
Hogsette  in  Oak  Park.  Child,  Gertrude  A.,  married  William  McClanahan  who 
died  1912,  leaving  one  child,  Jessie,  born  in  1911  in  Oak  Park.  Gertrude 
married,  2nd,  Robert  Smith  in  1914  at  Oak  Park;  one  child,  Robert,  born  in 
1923  there.  This  Smith  family  now  resides  in  Glen  Ellyn  on  Main  Street,  north 
of  Five  Corners. 

6.  Harriet,  born  November  18,  1871;  married  James  Clark,  of  Naperville 
in  1888.  Children,  1,  Hazel,  born  July  4,  1889;  married  Harry  Mills  in  Chicago; 
their  children:  first  baby  died  in  infancy,  Harry,  born  in  Austin,  and  Robert, 
born  in  1915  in  St.  Paul,  Minnesota.  Hazel  married,  2nd,  Harold  Smith.  They 
had  been  married  not  quite  a  year  when  he  died.  Hazel  married,  3rd,  Joseph 
Halvorsen  in  1923;  they  have  one  child,  William  Guild,  born  December  29, 
1924,  in  Elgin,  Kane  County,  Illinois.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Halvorsen,  as  well  as 
Mrs.  Clark,  now  live  in  Glen  Ellyn.  Harriet  Clark  had  a  son,  Howard,  born 
1894,  who  served  in  the  Marines  as  corporal  on  the  Olympic;  died  September, 
1922.  He  married  Clara  Rogers  at  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  They  had  three  children, 
Roger,  Harriett  and  James. 

7.  Angeline,  born  November  6,  1873,  died  April  7,  1904;  married  Edward 
Locke  in  Oak  Park.  He  was  a  brother  of  her  sister  Matilda's  husband. 
Angeline's  and  Edward's  children  were  Alvin  Edward,  born  February  9,  1897 
in  Eden,  Ohio;  now  resides  in  Glen  Ellyn  on  St.  Charles  Road  with  his  aunt, 
Matilda,  and  Gladys  Myrtle,  born  May  20,  1898  in  Oak  Park. 


164  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

BOYD 

ru\  G.  BOYD  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  (then  Prospect  Park)  in  1873;  was  a  member 
ItV^.  of  Boyd  Bros.,  hardware  merchants,  who  built  the  Junta  building,  where 
~  they  had  the  post  office  for  fourteen  years,  and  also  built  the  store  now 
occupied  by  Patch  Bros.,  their  successors.  Mr.  Boyd  and  family  attended  the 
Congregational  church  and  he  was  at  all  times  active  and  interested  in  all 
civic  activities  of  the  town. 

R.  G.  Boyd  married  on  January  15,  1885,  Jennie  P.  Miner,  daughter  of 
Salmon  and  Phebe  Miner.  iShe  was  born  in  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  and  came 
to  Glen  Ellyn  (then  Prospect  Park)  in  1881.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Boyd  were  the 
parents  of  two  daughters:  Pearl  A.,  born  December  14,  1890,  married  Alexander 
Cameron  Duncan  September  25,  1913,  at  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois,  and  Ruth  G., 
born  June  9,  1893,  married  Chas.  W.  Bremner  September  25,  1913. 

Grandchildren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  G.  Boyd  are:  Alexander  Cameron  Dun- 
can, born  August  23,  1914;  Bruce  Miner  Duncan,  born  May  8,  1917;  Donald 
Norman  Duncan,  born  April  14,  1920;  Robert  Boyd  Bremner,  born  July  19, 
1914;  Willis  Charles  Bremner,  born  March  6,  1918,  and  Stewart  Douglas 
Bremner,  born  February  19,  1923. 

The  Duncans  and  Bremners  all  reside  with  Mrs.  Boyd,  who  is  a  widow,  in 
the  Boyd  home  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

REV.  HOPE  BROWN 

<J|J  EV.  HOPE  BROWN,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  Church  at  Naperville 
jj\  in  1845,  came  from  Shirley,  Massachusetts.  He  figured  prominently  in  the 
^-  early  days  of  the  academy  in  Naperville  which  has  for  a  number  of  years 
been  used  for  a  public  school  but  has  now,  this  past  year,  been  torn  down  to 
make  room  for  an  up-to-date  building.  He  was  a  potent  influence  in  the 
religious  and  educational  life  in  Naperville  in  his  time. 

Rev.  Hope  Brown's  eldest  daughter,  Katherine  Fuller  Brown,  graduated 
from  Rockford  Seminary  in  1855  and  in  1857  married  Alexander  Kerr,  who 
was  born  in  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  but  came  to  this  country  when  a  small  child. 
They  lived  in  Georgia  until  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  when  they  returned 
to  Illinois. 

Alexander  Kerr  came  to  Joliet,  Illinois,  in  1838,  when  he  was  ten  years 
old.  He  attended  the  public  school  there  and  three  years  later  moved  to 
Rockford,  where  he  attended  the  district  school,  entering  Rockford  College  in 
1851.  The  next  year  he  matriculated  at  Beloit  College  as  a  sophomore.  He 
graduated  with  honors  in  1855,  receiving  an  A.  M.  degree  in  1858.  While  in 
Georgia  he  taught  at  Brown  wood  Institute.  After  his  return  to  Illinois  he 
was  superintendent  of  schools  of  Winnebago  County  for  a  number  of  years. 
From  1871  to  1907  Alexander  Kerr  was  professor  of  Greek  at  the  University 
of  Wisconsin  where  he  was  retired  on  a  Carnegie  pension.  From  1903  until 
1920  he  was  engaged  in  the  translation  of  Plato's  Republic  from  the  original 
Greek.     He  died  at  the  age  of  92  at  his  home  in  Madison. 

Charles  Hope  Kerr,  the  oldest  son  of  Alexander  Kerr,  married  May 
Walden,  daughter  of  Theron  D.  and  Elizabeth  Gribling  Walden  at  Metamora, 
Illinois.  May  Walden  Kerr  was  born  September  3,  1865;  they  settled  in  Glen 
Ellyn  on  Hillside  Ave.,  where  their  daughter,  Katherine,  was  born  August  1, 
1894,  and  still  resides,  married  to  M.  Maxon  Moore  (married  July  11,  1913), 
the  son  of  Dell  and  Nellie  Collins  Moore.  The  Moore's  have  two  sons  born  in 
the  house  where  they  live,  Malcolm  Charles,  born  February  1,  1917,  and 
Marvin  Douglas,  born  June  5,  1921. 

Rev.  Hope  Brown  had  two  daughters  besides  Katharine — Mrs.  Moses 
Hinman,  of  Naperville,  who  cared  for  him  in  his  last  years,  and  Mrs.  Joseph 
Lyford,  of  Guilford  township,  near  Cherry  Valley,  Illinois. 


TEE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  165 

BUSCH 

<"jY  OHN  BUSCH,  after  a  voyage  of  ten  weeks  on  the  ocean,  arrived  in  this 
11  country  from  West  Phal,  Prussia,  May!  20,  1847,  aged  16  years.  He 
^    obtained  a  job  on  a  farm  at  Bloomingdale  at  $6.00  a  month.     In  1855  on 

June  15  he  married  Barbara  Stark,  of  Cloverdale  (then  called  North  Prairie). 

She  had  come  to  this  country  when  nine  years  old  from  Overstren,  Bavaria. 

Her  brothers  were  said  to  comprise  the  first  band  in  Chicago.     The  family 

consisted  of  five  boys  and  two  girls.     Her  father,  John  Stark,  is  prominent  in 

pioneer  DuPage  County  annals. 

John  Busch  bought  forty  acres  from  Moses  Stacy,  including  the  place  on 
Geneva  Road  where  Allen  Myers  now  lives  (a  log  house  was  there  then),  but 
only  kept  this  place  two  or  three  years  when  he  sold  his  place  and  went  to 
Cloverdale.  In  1869  he  bought  the  farm  now  occupied  by  his  youngest  son, 
Harry.  At  that  time  the  farm  was  between  190  and  200  acres.  Part  of  the 
present  house  was  the  original  one  and  the  granary  and  the  old  barn  there  are 
buildings  moved  from  Stacy's  Corners — the  one  having  been  a  store  and  the 
other  a  livery  stable. 

John  and  Barbara  Busch  were  the  parents  of  the  following:  Balger,  born 
July  2,  1856;  Adam,  born  November  1,  1859;  Carrie,  born  October  31,  1861, 
married  Thaddeus  Meilfeldt,  of  Cloverdale;  Mary,  born  July  12,  1865,  married 
Albert  Engelschall,  Glen  Ellyn;  Hattie,  born  May  30,  1867,  married  Ed.  Reidy, 
Lisle;  and  Harry,  born  April  28,  1881,  married  Edith  Meris  December  12,  1909, 
at  Ontario,  California;  she  died  July  6,  1923.  They  had  the  following  children: 
Lillian,  married  William  Newman  August  1,  1928;  Harvey,  deceased;  John, 
Esther,  Violet.  On  July  30,  1928,  Harry  Busch  married  again,  to  Minnie 
Traubelot. 

Albert  and  Mary  Engelschall,  married  June  25,  1889,  were  the  parents  of 
two  children:  Ray,  born  June  27,  1890,  and  Roma,  born  June  2,  1895. 

Ray  Engelschall  married  Magdalene  Schramer  at  Winfield  October  5,  1915. 
They  have  one  child,  Albert,  born  October  1,  1916. 

Roma  Engelschall  married  Charles  J.  Maurer  August  29,  1923.  They 
have  three  children:  Mary,  born  March  27,  1925;  Gertrude,  born  December  9, 
1926,  and  Carol  Anne,  born  May  10,  1928. 

Mrs.  Albert  Engelschall  died  in  the  summer  of  1928.  Albert  Engelschall 
and  the  Maurers  reside  in  Glen  Ellyn  now  on  Park  Blvd. 

A  BRIEF  GLANCE  BACK— by  Amos  Churchill 

-rr»EACON  WINSLOW  CHURCHILL  and  family,  consisting  of  six  sons  and 
lp  four  daughters  came  to  DuPage  county  in  June,  1834.  They  came  by 
boat  to  Chicago  from  Syracuse,  New  York.  On  arriving  at  Chicago  they 
started  by  ox  team  for  the  Bob  Reed  (Elmhurst)  settlement.  The  Chicago 
prairie  to  Oak  Ridge,  what  is  now  Oak  Park,  was  covered  with  water  and 
above  the  water  was  prairie  grass  and  wild  flowers  were  in  bloom,  waving  in 
the  breeze  which  made  an  interesting  sight.  At  this  point  Major  Churchill, 
next  to  the  oldest  son,  returned  and  took  the  same  boat  on  its  passage.  The 
balance  continued  their  journey  to  the  Bob  Reed  Settlement,  where  some 
friends  had  preceded  them. 

From  here  Deacon  Churchill  and  three  of  his  sons  went  on  a  tour  of 
sight-seeing  and  prospecting,  and  finally  located  on  the  east  bank  of  the 
DUPage  River,  and  on  the  north  side  of  what  is  now  St.  Charles  Road.  Here 
they  built  the  first  log  house  that  was  built  in  this  section  of  the  county,  on 
the  south  side  of  Lake  Street,  next  to  the  river,  and  on  the  opposite  side  was 
an  Indian  camp.  Those  Indians  were  friendly  but  very  curious,  watching  every 
move  that  was  made.  They  came  at  meal  time  and  stood  at  the  door,  and 
watched  and  wanted  to  inspect  any  and  every  package  that  came.  A  box  of 
axes  came,  and  they  would  lift  it  and  exclaim,  ";Schoniey,  schoniey,"  thinking 


166  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

it  might  be  money;  so  Deacon  Churchill  had  to  open  it  and  let  them  see  what 
it  was.  One  of  the  boys,  Mr.  Seth  Churchill,  they  did  not  like  and  kept  their 
distance  from  him.  They  had  a  trail  that  led  across  the  river  just  north  of  the 
present  bridge,  and  across  the  Busch  farm,  leading  up  to  what  is  now  Bloom- 
ingdale.  They  used  to  hunt  and  trap  in  all  directions;  they  had  another  camp 
up  near  the  Army  Trail.  This  Army  Trail  was  the  first  trail  that  had  ever 
been  used,  and  has  since  become  known  as  the  public  highway  from  Chicago 
to  Elgin. 

After  having  decided  to  locate  here,  Mr.  Seth  and  Bradford  Churchill 
started  for  Chicago  with  two  pair  of  oxen.  They  followed  what  is  now  St. 
Charles  Road,  making  the  first  track,  which  has  ever  since  been  used  as  a 
public  highway.  On  coming  to  Des  Plaines  River,  there  being  no  bridge,  it 
became  necessary  to  ford  the  stream.  The  water  at  this  time  of  the  year  was 
high.  In  crossing,  Bradford  Churchill  rode  the  rear  ox  on  the  near  side,  and 
Seth  stood  on  the  top  of  the  wagon  box,  one  foot  on  each  side,  holding  himself 
with  a  long  stick.  When  the  oxen  went  down  into  the  water,  it  left  Bradford 
floating  on  the  surface  of  the  water,  and  when  the  current  struck  the  wagon  it 
tipped  over  and  the  two  men  were  floating  about,  but  managed  to  get  hold  of 
the  wagon.  The  oxen  swam  out,  and  with  them  brought  wagon  and  men.  On 
coming  back  they  unloaded  the  goods,  and  constructed  a  foot  path  across  and 
carried  the  goods  over  on  their  backs,  letting  the  oxen  swim  over  with  the 
wagon.  They  then  loaded  and  pursued  their  journey  over  the  same  road  they 
had  come  in  on. 

In  locating  and  building  their  houses  they  all  worked  together  and  man- 
aged in  that  way  to  make  quick  work.  It  was  a  jolly  bunch  and  they  got  much 
enjoyment  out  of  it.  There  were  five  log  houses  built  and  one  from  hewn  tim- 
bers and  rough  boards.  The  next  year  two  log  houses  were  built  and  one 
school  house.  The  school  house  was  built  on  the  road  leading  past  the  Springs, 
up  on  the  hill  on  the  left  hand  side,  in  rear  of  Mrs.  Rieck's  close  to  the  road, 
as  it  is  now.  When  the  school  district  was  formed  it  included  District  41,  and 
the  Forest  Glen  school.  This  log  school  house  was  used  for  a  number  of  years, 
then  it  was  discontinued  and  a  wooden  building  was  built,  directly  across  Main 
Street,  opposite  the  present  Forest  Glen  school. 

It  was  a  small  building  with  windows,  7"  x  9",  one  story  high.  When  you 
entered,  you  came  to  the  Reception  room,  which  was  used  for  a  recitation 
room;  all  classes  standing  in  line  across  the  floor,  sometimes  in  two  lines  in  all 
recitations.  Leading  from  that  were  two  aisles,  a  row  of  desks  and  seats  on 
each  side  6"  wide.  The  seats  were  common  lumber  and  not  painted.  In  the 
corner  could  be  seen  four  to  six  ironwood  whips  four  to  six  feet  long,  and  on 
the  desk  a  black  oak  ruler,  and  inch  and  a  half  wide  to  eighteen  inches  long. 

These  were  to  maintain  order.  One  Charles  Dickinson  was  whipped  with 
one  ironwood,  went  home  and  to  bed,  became  sick  and  died.  A  Mr.  Lawrence 
was  the  teacher.  This  same  teacher  attempted  to  whip  the  writer  of  this 
article;  he  jumped  out  of  the  window  and  made  good  his  escape.  Later  the 
district  was  divided  and  a  school  building  was  built  where  the  Duane  school 
building  now  stands.  It  later  was  sold  to  Dr.  Saunders  and  is  now  used  by  the 
gas  company.  Another  frame  building  was  built  standing  where  the  Forest 
Glen  school  building  now  stands. 

The  people  now  sought  for  a  place  of  worship,  and  they  held  meetings 
in  the  several  homes  till  a  new  school  building  was  built.  A  little  later,  a 
church  building  was  put  up  by  the  Baptist  Society,  on  the  west  side  of  St. 
Charles  Street,  opposite  the  Stacy  homestead.  At  this  church  all  the  people 
worshipped,  and  when  it  was  church  time  people  could  be  seen  coming  from 
all  directions;  some  on  foot,  many  with  oxen  teams  and  a  very  few  horse 
teams.  The  people  worshipped  in  this  church  until  Civil  War  times,  when  the 
church  was  sold  to  the  Congregational  society,  and  moved  to  Danby,  what  is 
now  Glen  Ellyn,  and  located  on  the  lot  now  owned  by  McChesney.  Afterwards 
it  was  sold  to  Dr.  Saunders,  and  now  is  used  as  his  residence. 


THE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  167 

Up  to  the  coming  of  the  railroad  in  1849,  Stacy's  Corners  was  the  town 
and  a  very  busy  place.  There  was  one  large  store,  two  blacksmith  shops,  a 
wagon  shop,  a  shoe  shop,  and  a  Farmer's  hotel.  On  this  main  road  leading  to 
Chicago  could  be  seen  all  kinds  of  vehicles  carrying  produce  to  Chicago  from 
as  far  west  as  Rock  River,  taking  five  to  ten  days  to  make  the  round  trip. 
The  traffic  was  so  dense  that  it  was  difficult  to  cross  the  road.  When  the 
railroad  came  a  railroad  depot  was  built  close  to  Main  Street,  on  the  east  side. 
On  the  southwest  side  a  hotel  was  built;  afterwards  moved  across  the  street. 
Another  hotel  was  built  where  the  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank  now  stands,  and  on 
the  opposite  corner,  where  the  DuPage  Trust  Co.  now  stands,  was  built  by 
Henry  Benjamin,  a  department  store.  From  that  time  Glen  Ellyn  has  been 
growing. 

This  part  of  DuPage  county  was  rapidly  filling  up;  it  was  an  interesting 
sight  to  see  the  breaking  teams,  consisting  of  two  and  three  pair  of  oxen  to 
plow,  plowing  all  summer  long,  turning  under  wild  grass  and  all  kinds  of 
wild  flowers;  immense  droves  of  birds,  wild  deer  and  wild  wolves,  and  also  to 
see  prairie  chickens,  wild  pigeons,  wild  ducks.  I  have  stood  on  my  father's 
door  step  and  shot  prairie  chickens  off  the  hog  pen,  and  have  seen  droves  of 
deer  and  wolves.  The  wolves  usually  came  around  the  house  at  night  and 
howled  so  we  could  not  sleep.  We  used  to  have  prairie  fires  extending  for 
miles,  and  usually  at  night.  It  was  a  great  sight  to  see  the  wild  animals  and 
birds  fleeing  before  the  flames.  My  father  (Isaac  Bradford)  was  burned  out 
twice. 

My  father's  house  was  built  in  1841-2,  and  in  the  winter  of  those  years 
he  moved  into  it  with  an  ox  team  and  a  sleigh,  which  contained  all  he  had. 
The  house  was  a  little  frame  house  with  7x9  windows,  and  a  kitchen,  dining 
room,  sitting  room  and  parlor  were  all  used  as  one  room.  Later  my  sister  and 
myself  slept  in  a  trundle  bed.  At  that  time  there  were  no  magazines  or  read- 
ing matter  except  the  New  York  Tribune,  which  came  once  a  week,  and  the 
Bible  and  our  Country's  History. 

At  evening  we  would  sit  around  the  table  and  read;  candles  were  used 
for  lighting,  and  the  big  kitchen  stove  with  wood  for  fuel.  The  community 
interest  was  ideal,  no  factions,  no  cliques,  but  friends  and  neighbors  and  they 
lived  and  enjoyed  each  other.  They  all  went  to  meeting,  singing  school,  spell- 
ing school  and  dancing  parties  which  were  quite  numerous.  The  surround- 
ings were  clean  and  pure  and  most  all  participated.  Three  holidays  were  ob- 
served by  all  in  a  way  befitting  the  occasion — Thanksgiving,  Christmas  and 
July  4th. 

It  may  be  interesting  to  know  that  Chicago  was  the  only  market  and 
that  farmers  were  hauling  their  grain  and  vegetables  to  the  city  with  ox  teams. 
Potatoes  sold  as  low  as  ten  cents  a  bushel;  oats  18  to  25  cents,  and  wheat  35 
to  50  cents;  butter  8  to  16  cents.  My  father  bought  ten  cows  for  $8.00  per 
head.     I  have  hauled  hay  to  Chicago  with  an  ox  team  myself. 

I  might  relate  one  incident  to  illustrate  the  boyish  tricks  of  the  young 
people.  My  father  had  50  head  of  cattle,  and  one  June  day  he  and  moither  went 
to  town.  The  cattle  came  home  early,  went  into  the  yard  and  laid  down  to 
stretch  and  chew  their  cud.  I  went  into  the  house,  got  the  turpentine  bottle 
and  went  into  the  yard  and  sneaked  close  up  to  the  rear  of  the  animals,  put  a 
few  drops  of  turpentine  on  the  roots  of  their  tails.  By  the  time  I  go't  out  of 
the  yard  they  were  tearing  up  the  ground,  with  heads  and  tails  in  the  air 
and  bellowing  enough  to  frighten  the  natives.  Just  then  father  and  mother 
came  driving  up  from  town  at  full  speed.  Father  jumped  out  of  the  wagon  and 
demanded  to  know  the  cause.  I  told  him  I  could  not  tell  him.  Fortunately, 
no  one  was  hurt,  but  I  often  had  a  good  laugh  about  it.  Two  weeks  later  I  told 
father  and  then  he  enjoyed  the  trick  as  well  as  I  did. 

This  is  only  one  of  many  things  that  young  people  did  to  enjoy  themselves. 
As  between  the  pioneer  days  and  the  present  time  give  me  the  pioneer  days. 


168  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

There  are  a  great  many  incidents  and  scenes  that  might  be  related,  but  there  is 
hardly  time  or  space  to  relate  them  in  this  manner.  I  should  enjoy  very  much 
standing  in  the  presence  of  our  people  and  relate  what  I  know  about  these 
pioneer  days. 

AMOS  CHURCHILL, 
1842-1922 

Children  of  Amos  and  Marilla  Churchill:  Jessie  Marilla,  born  June  19, 
1868,  married  Benjamin  Burr  Curtis,  June  19,  1886,  Glen  Ellyn;  Jennie  Eliza- 
beth, born  September  14,  1870,  married  Lewis  Townsend,  April  22,  1891,  Glen 
Ellyn;  Josie  Marin tha,  born  November  29,  1872,  married  George  Whittle,  June 
2,  1891,  Glen  Ellyn;  Julia  Almeda,  born  May  21,  1875,  died  August  22,  1875; 
Adeline  Barker,  born  December  19,  1877,  married  James  Birney  Lorbeer, 
December  2,  1905,  Glen  Ellyn;  Fannie  Belle,  born  December  9,  1880,  married 
Clarence  Rowland,  June  18,  1900,  Glen  Ellyn;  Rhoda  Virginia,  born  October  2, 
1885,  married  Lester  Aldridge  in  November  1921,  Santa  Monica,  California; 
Amos,  born  December  28,  1888,  married  Violet  Lapham,  in  November  1921, 
Santa  Monica,  California. 

Grandchildren  of  Amos  and  Marilla  Bronson  Churchill 

Children  of  Jessie  Marilla  and  B.  B.  Curtis:  Ruby  Berenice,  born  August 
23,  1887,  died  January  27,  1888,  Glen  Ellyn;  Arthur  Benjamin,  born  June  25, 
1889,  Geneva,  Nebraska,  died  September  29,  1890;  Clarence  Rhea,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1891,  married  Dorothy  Smith  October  24,  1915,  Glen  Ellyn;  Willard 
Churchill,  born  December  17,  1895,  died  January  25,  1896,  Glen  Ellyn;  Esther 
M.,  born  November  28,  1899,  married  Carl  C.  Ament  April  9,  1926,  Glen  Ellyn; 
Wendell  Burr,  born  July  21,  1905,  married  Glendora  Hill  September  3,  1927, 
Sycamore,  Illinois. 

Great  grandchildren  of  Amos — grandchildren  of  Jessie:  Dorothy  Jean, 
child  of  Clarence  Rhea,  born  September  25,  1916,  Glen  Ellyn;  Hope  Elizabeth, 
child  of  Clarence  Rhea,  born  May  26,  1918,  Lombard;  Charles  Benjamin,  child 
of  Clarence  Rhea,  born  March  31,  1920,  Lombard;  Luana  Marie,  child  of  Clar- 
ence Rhea,  born  September  21,  1922,  Geneva,  Illinois;  Virginia,  child  of  Clar- 
ence Rhea,  born  October  30,  1924,  Wheaton;  Marilla  Jane,  child  of  Esther 
Ament,  born  July  3,  1927,  Elmhurst. 

Children  of  Nettie  and  Joseph  Clarke  (Joseph  Clarke  born  July  11,  1850, 
at  Whittington,  Staffordshire,  England.  Came  to  this  country,  and  Danby 
June  30,  1871).  Children:  Nellie  Louise  Clarke,  born  October  5,  1882,  at- Pros- 
pect Park,  died  April  12,  1884;  Bessie  Marilla  Clarke,  born  April  1,  1884,  at 
Prospect  Park,  Illinois;  Joseph  Perry  Clarke,  born  July  17,  1886,  at  Prospect 
Park,  Illinois;  Agnes  Ellen  Clarke,  born  June  25,  1889,  at  Prospect  Park, 
Illinois;  Isaac  Bradford  Clarke,  born  February  27,  1893,  at  Prospect  Park, 
Illinois;  Ruth  Nettie  Clarke,  born  August  8,  1895,  at  Prospect  Park,  Illinois. 

Bessie  Marilla  Clarke,  born  April  1,  1884,  at  Prospect  Park,  Illinois. 
Lewis  Wetzel  MacDonald,  husband  of  Bessie,  born  April  8,  1879,  at  Centerville, 
Ohio,  married  at  Butte,  Montana,  February  8,  1901.  Children:  Charles  Clarke 
MacDonald,  born  November  15,  1902,  at  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois,  lieutenant  U.  S. 
Navy;  Loretta  Christine  Miller,  wife  of  Charles  Clarke,  married  May  21,  1927, 
at  Pensacola,  Florida. 

Joseph  Perry  Clarke,  born  July  17,  1886,  at  Prospect  Park,  Illinois. 
Zannie  Lair  Smith,  wife  of  Joseph  Perry  Clarke,  born  in  Missouri,  married  at 
Chadron,  Nebraska,  December  7,  1915. 

Agnes  Ellen  Clarke,  born  June  25,  1889,  at  Prospect  Park,  Illinois, 
Fred  Samuel  Beezley,  husband  of  Agnes  Ellen  Clarke,  born  December  15,  1886, 
at  Chicago,  Illinois,  married  April  2,  1910,  at  Waukegan,  Illinois.  Children: 
Ellen  Beatrice  Beezley,  born  May  4,  1911,  at  Deadwood,  South  Dakota;  Betty 
Jane  Beezley,  born  January  21,  1918,  at  Deadwood,  South  Dakota;  Patricia 
Clarke  Beezley,  born  January  11,  1927,  at  Wheaton,  Illinois. 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  169 

Isaac  Bradford  Clarke,  born  February  27,  1893,  at  Prospect  Park,  Illinois. 
Elsie  Adams  Melville,  wife  of  Isaac  Bradford  Clarke,  born  April  19,  1898,  at 
Chicago,  Illinois,  married  September  27,  1922,  at  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois.  Children: 
Margaret  Isabelle  Clarke,  born  July  20,  1923,  at  Wheaton,  Illinois. 

Ruth  Nettie  Clarke,  born  August  8,  1895,  at  Prospect  Park,  Illinois. 
Charles  Clarence  Loper,  husband  of  Ruth  Nettie  Clarke,  born  December  27, 
1898,  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  married  February  22,  1923,  at  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois. 
Children:  Charles  Clarke  Loper,  born  May  29,  1925,  at  Dayton,  Ohio;  Barbara 
Joanne  Loper,  born  July  19,  1927,  at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan. 

Great  grandchildren  of  Isaac — grandchildren  of  Amos.  Children  of  Josie 
and  George  Whittle:  Josie  Marie,  born  April,  1892;  Amos  Bradford,  born  Jan- 
uary, 1894,  an  aviator  in  the  World  War,  and  was  killed  when  his  plane  fell  in 
San  Diego  Bay,  California,  while  he  was  there  finishing  his  last  course  of 
training,  September  13,  1918;  Margaret  H.,  born  November,  1896;  Harriet  Jane 
and  Marilla  Bronson,  twins,  born  August,  1902. 

Margaret  Whittle  and  John  Nelson  were  married  in  1917,  their  children 
are:  Margaret,  born  1918;  Jane,  born  1920;  John,  born  1924.  Live  in  Lake 
Geneva,  Wisconsin. 

Marilla  and  Stuart  Standish,  married  in  1922.  Children:  Amos,  born  in 
1923;  Stuart,  born  in  1925;  Albert,  born  in  1927.  This  family  resides  in  Lom- 
bard. 

Harriet  Jane  married  Earl  Roberts  in  1924.  Children:  Marie,  born  in  1926; 
Marilla,  born  in  1928.     They  reside  in  Wheaton. 

Hattie,  daughter  of  Amos,  grand-daughter  of  Isaac  Bradford  Churchill, 
married  Charles  Wimpress,  December  22,  1880,  who  came  from  Elton,  Eng- 
land, when  10  years  old  and  whose  family  settled  in  DuPage  county.  They 
were  the  parents  of  four  children:  Margaret  Arietta,  born  June  24,  1882;  Clara 
Louise,  born  December  16,  1886;  Clifford  Churchill,  born  March  10,  1894,  and 
Edith  Elizabeth,  born  January  15,  1896. 

Margaret  Arietta  Wimpress  on  August  1,  1902,  married  Charles  C.  Camp- 
bell. Their  children:  Helen  Irene,  born  September  24,  1903;  Harold  Wimpress, 
born  November  22,  1904;  Charles  Robert,  born  January  30,  1909;  Donald  Ed- 
ward, born  August  14,  1914;  James  Russell,  born  April  16.  1916;  Margaret 
Jean,  born  July  31,  1923. 

Clara  Louise  Wimpress,  married  on  May  1,  1920,  to  John  P.  Wright.  No 
children. 

Clifford  Churchill  Wimpress  married  on  April  3,  1920,  to  Wilma  E.  Horn. 
Children:  Virginia  May,  born  November  20,  1921;  Winifred  Eleanor,  born  Jan- 
uary 31,  1926,  and  Richard  Stewart,  born  July  4,  1928. 

Edith  Elizabeth  Wimpress  married  Gerald  D.  Bassett,  June  14,  1919. 
Children:  Gerald  D.  Jr.,  born  November  4,  1921,  and  Jean  Lois,  born  July  1, 
1926. 

February  15,  1893,  the  Churchill  twins  celebrated  their  91st  birthday,  the 
oldest  twins  in  the  United  States  and  were  of  such  importance  as  to  be 
written  up  by  the  Chicago  Daily  News  on  that  occasion.  They  were  born  in 
New  York  State,  Lurania  and  Christiana  Churchill,  and  came  west  in  their 
young  womanhood.  Mrs.  Ackerman  told  of  coming  west:  "I  sat  in  this  very 
chair  up  in  the  wagon  all  those  long  and  tedious  weeks."  The  chair  was  a 
straight-backed,  rush-bottomed  rocker,  that  had  belonged  to  her  grandmother. 
The  twins  did  not  look  alike,  nor  ever  dress  alike. 

Mrs.  Ackerman  lived  with  her  niece,  Mrs.  Hattie  Wimpress,  and  Mrs. 
Christian  with  her  youngest  son,  William  Christian.  For  50  years,  they  lived 
on  adjoining  farms,  and  until  a  few  years  before  her  death,  Mrs.  Ackerman 
took  care  of  her  own  house  and  cow. 

Said  the  newspaper  of  them:  "They  are  now  two  quaint  little  women, 
looking  slight  and  frail,  with  placid,  kindly  faces  and  snow  white  hair  drawn 
smoothly  down  under  black  lace  caps.     Mrs.  Ackerman  dresses  in  black,  Mrs. 


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Christian  in  gray — but  the  soft,  old-fashioned  silk  'kerchief  folded  around  the 
neck  and  crossing  on  ,the  breast  is  worn  by  both." 
Both  are  buried  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery. 

CHURCHILL 

<5l  TOWNSHIP  IN  FRANCE  called  Courcil,  or  Courcelles,  in  Lorraine,  was 
/\  given  as  a  manor  to  Wandril  De  Leon,  a  famous  soldier,  as  early  as 
£-  1055  A.  D.     He  had  two  sons,  Richard  and  Wandril.     The  first  became 

the  feudel  lord  of  Montalban;  married  Yoland,  Countess  of  Luxemburg,  and 
from  them  descended  the  house  of  De  Leon  in  France  at  the  present  day. 

Wandril  De  Leon  took  the  name  of  the  manor  and  became  Lord  of  Courcil, 
married  Isabelle  De  Tuya  and  had  two  sons,  Roger  and  Roland  De  Courcil, 
and  thus  became  the  founder  of  the  Courcil  (Churchill)  family.  Roger  De 
Courcil  followed  William  the  Conquerer  into  England  in  1066  A.  D.  and  re- 
ceived for  his  services  lands  in  Dorsetshire,  Somersetshire,  Wiltshire  and 
Shropshire. 

The  name  Churchill  is  found  in  English  records  as  Courcelle,  Courcil, 
Curichill,  Churchil,  Churchall,  Churchell,  and  Churchill,  the  last  being  the 
accepted  form  for  many  generations.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  is: 
Sable,  a  lion  rampant,  Argent,  debruised  with  a  bendlet,  Gules.  It  was  first 
used  by  Sir  John  Churchill,  of  Bradford  County,  Yorkshire,  England.  He 
probably  inherited  it  from  Bartholomew  De  Cherchile  who  was  knighted  under 
King  Stephen. 

John  Churchill,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Plymouth  branch  of  the 
family  in  America,  was  born  in  England  and  first  appeared  at  Plymouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1643,  dying  there  January  1,  1662  or  1663.  No  clue  to  his 
birthplace,  parentage  or  previous  residence  has  been  found. 

He  married  Hannah  Pontus,  December  18,  1644,  and  settled  at  Hobb's  Hole, 
in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  It  is  through  Hannah  Pontus  that  the  May- 
flower ancestry  of  the  Churchill  family  comes,  her  relatives  being  among  the 
Pilgrims  at  Leyden,  Holland.  She  was  the  daughter  of  William  Pontus  who 
was  in  Plymouth  as  early  as  1633.  She  was  born  in  1623  and  died  at  Hobb's 
Hole,  December  22,  1690. 

Isaac  Churchill,  the  father  of  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill  (our  pioneer)  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  February  22,  1736,  the  fifth  generation  from  the  emigrant, 
John  Churchill.  He  married  August  1.  1775,  Melatiah  Bradford,  of  Plymton, 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Hannah  Bradford,  descendent  of  Governor  William 
Bradford,  the  Mayflower  pilgrim.  Joshua  and  Hannah  Bradford  were  killed 
by  Indians  and  their  daughter,  Melatiah  was  struck  by  a  tomahawk  and  bore 
the  scar  through  life.  In  1785,  Isaac  Churchill  moved  with  his  family  to 
Chittenden,  Vermont,  where  he  died  on  February  25,  1826.  He  was  called 
"Isaac  the  good"  to  distinguish  him  from  another  of  the  same  name. 

Deacon  Winslow  Churchill  was  born  in  Plymton,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1770,  in  the  sixth  generation  from  the  emigrant  John.  He  went  with 
his  father  to  Chittenden,  Vermont,  in  1785.  He  became  a  farmer  and  also  a 
mason.  He  married  Mercy  Dodge,  Thanksgiving  Day,  1796.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Mercy  Dodge,  of  Rutland,  Vermont,  and  was  born 
June  15,  1774,  passing  away  February  21,  1863.  Her  father  served  in  the  Revo- 
lution. 

In  1804  he  moved  his  family  to  Camillus,  Onondaga  County,  New  York, 
where  he  bought  a  farm  and  lived  for  30  years.  The  Erie  Canal  was  afters 
wards  cut  through  his  farm  and  he  built  and  ran  a  boat  called  the  "Growler" 
on  the  canal.  As  a  member  of  the  New  York  militia  he  was  called  into  ssrvice 
for  a  time  in  the  War  of  1812. 

At  the  age  of  64  he  embarked  on  the  rigors  of  pioneer  life  in  a  new 
country.  He  with  his  family  came  around  the  Great  Lakes  from  New  York 
State  in  the  steamer  "LaGrange."    They  reached  Chicago,  June  5,  1834.   There 


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were  11  children  in  the  family,  all  but  one  son  being  in  the  party  with  the 
deacon  and  his  wife,  Mercy.  Three  of  the  sons  were  married  and  had  their 
families  with  them.  The  names  of  the  children  were  William,  Seth,  Winslow, 
Major,  Isaac  Bradford,  Hiram,  Malinda,  Lurania  and  Christiania,  the  twins, 
Betsy  and  Amanda. 

Buying  a  couple  of  prairie  schooners  in  Chicago,  they  set  out  on  the 
journey  across  the  prairie,  spending  several  days  on  the  trip.  Their  first 
night's  stop  was  at  Scott's  Tavern,  now  the  town  of  Lyons  (across  from 
Riverside).  The  next  stop  was  at  Parson's  Tavern,  now  Lisle — or  Naperville? 
From  there  they  went  north  across  the  unknown  wilderness  and  arrived  at 
Babcock's  Grove.  Here  the  deacon  built  the  first  log  house  on  St.  Charles 
Road  just  east  of  the  river  on  a  hill  that  has  since  been  excavated  for  gravel. 
In  spite  of  his  64  years,  he  made  the  first  roads,  helped  build  the  first  school 
house,  conducted  the  first  religious  meeting,  helped  built  the  first  cnurch,  or- 
ganized the  first  Sabbath  School.  He  named  the  township  Milton  from  the  old 
Churchill  home  in  Massachusetts.  He  lived  until  September  18,  1847,  when  he 
passed  away  at  Stacy's  Corners  and  lies  now  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery. 

Seth  Churchill,  the  eldest  son,  built  a  log  cabin  a  half  mile  east  of  the 
DuPage  River  on  the  same  trail.  It  is  still  standing  and  is  said  to  to  be  the 
oldest  house  in  the  county.  It  was  used  as  a  tavern  at  one  time.  It  was  not 
only  a  home,  but  served  as  a  school  and  church.  You  can  still  see  it  standing 
on  the  north  side  of  the  St.  Charles  Road  as  you  drive  past,  a  tumble- 
down little  log  building  now  used  as  some  sort  of  a  farm  shelter. 

William  Henry  Churchill,  who  passed  away  in  1927  at  the  age  of  86,  son  of 
Seth,  was  born  there.  His  mother  was  Roxana  Ward  and  both  parents  were 
born  near  Syracuse,  New  York.  Seth  in  1805,  and  Roxana  in  1808.  They 
were  married  in  New  York  and  emigrated  with  the  Churchill  family.  Their 
children  were:    Mary  Jane,  born  January  8,  1828,  married  Erastus  Ketcham; 

Myron,  born  April  23,  1834,  married  Hannah  Driscol;  Horace,  born ; 

Emily,  born  August  17,  1838,  married  Oscar  Johnson;  and  William  H.,  born 
July  17,  1840,  married  Matilda  Crum  Sherman.  Grandchildren  of  Seth:  Meta 
Johnson  married  George  Bawker;  A.  E.,  married  Dora  Hesterman;  Viola,  mar- 
ried Frank  Crow;  Lillian,  married  Albert  Fleming  and  Oscar,  married  Ella 
Fleming;  Isadora  Churchill  married  Lemuel  O.  Vance,  1887,  at  Corinth,  Iowa; 
William  H.  married  Amy  M.  Jordan,  1900,  Glen  Ellyn;  Warren  Churchill, 
Orville  Churchill.  Great  grandchildren  of  Seth:  Amy  E.  Churchill,  October  7, 
1902,  married  Thomas  H.  Haslam  October  3,  1924,  Glen  Ellyn;  Alvin  Johnson 
and  Lillian  Johnson.  One  great  great  grandchild,  William  Robert  Haslam, 
son  of  Amy  Churchill  Haslam  and  Thomas  Haslam,  born  November  17th,  1928, 
at  the  Elmhurst  Hospital.     Birth  registered  in  DuPage  County. 

Amos  Churchill,  his  son,  born  March  29,  1841,  spent  his  early  years  on  the 
farm  and  received  a  common  school  education  and  prepared  for  college.  But 
the  Civil  War  came  along  and  at  19  he  entered  the  service,  enlisting  in  Co.  D, 
8th  Illinois  Cavalry,  September  1,  1861.  His  regiment  was  with  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  under  General  McClellan,  and  he  was  engaged  in  all  the  battles 
fought  till  1863.  He  served  as  orderly  to  General  Sumner.  He  was  wounded 
severely  in  battle,  discharged  and  re-enlisted  in  the  spring  of  1864.  He  was 
elected  lieutenant  of  Co.  H,  141st.  Regiment  of  Illinois  Volunteers.  Later  he 
was  commander  of  Post  No.  513,  G.  A.  R.  In  1866,  November  26,  he  married 
Marilla  Bronson,  daughter  of  David  and  Rhoda  Page  Bronson  of  Naperville, 
where  she  was  born  March  10,  1846. 

Mr.  Churchill  was  in  the  lumber  business  in  Glen  Ellyn  for  many  years, 
starting  the  Newton  and  Churchill  Company  being  in  partnership  with  Lewis 
Newton,  brother  of  the  late  Roy  Newton.  He  continued  in  business  until  he 
sold  his  interest  to  William  H.  Baethke. 

He  built  about  25  houses  in  the  town.  While  president  of  the  village  board 
he  induced  the  North  Western  to  buy  the  strip  of  land  for  a  park  and  build  the 
attractive  station  we  now  have.     He  served  earnestly  with  the  Congregational 


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church,  acting  as  janitor  for  many  years  in  its  lean  days  and  helping  in  its  ad- 
ministration as  deacon,   only  resigning  when  he  moved  to  California. 

The  Churchills  were  the  parents  of  seven  daughters  and  one  son,  all  of 
whom,  but  two  girls,  are  living.  The  daughters  deceased  are  Julia  and  Mrs. 
Fanny  Matson.  Those  surviving  are:  Mrs.  Jessie  Curtis,  of  Glen  Ellyn;  Mrs. 
Jennie  Townsend,  of  Hesperia,  Michigan;  Mrs.  Josie  Whittle,  of  Oak  Park; 
Mrs.  J.  B.  Lorbeer,  of  Ocean  Park,  California;  Mrs.  Rhoda  Aldrich,  of  Hemmet, 
California;  and  the  son,  Amos  Churchill,  Jr.,  of  Hemmet. 

Amos  Churchill  passed  away  in  Ocean  Park,  California,  July  15,  1922,  and 
his  remains  were  returned  to  Forest  Hill  Cemetery. 

Amos  Churchill's  brothers  and  sisters  were  Wealthy  Irene,  born  December 
5,  1843,  married  twice  but  have  no  dates  or  names;  Andrew  Zelotus,  born 
March  1,  1846  married  Celia  Kernan,  December  2,  1870;  Isaac  Bradford,  born 
February  14,  1849,  died  Sepember  15,  1856;  George  Perry,  born  September  29, 
1851,  killed  by  cars  February  24,  1865;  Nettie,  born  July  29,  1855,  married 
Joseph  Clarke,  November  24,  1881,  Glen  Ellyn;  and  Hattie,  born  December  8, 
1857,  married  Charles  Wimpress,  December  22,  1880. 

COOPER 

CjrpAWRENCE  CHARLES  COOPER  the  son  of  Charles  and  Sarah  Lawrence 
li^  Cooper  was  born  in  England  October  15,  1846,  while  his  parents  were 
C^  visiting  there.  When  he  was  four  years  old  he  came  with  his  parents  to 
Glen  Ellyn  (then  Danby),  where  he  received  his  early  education.  He  studied 
law  and  graduated  from  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1868. 

During  the  Civil  War  the  United  Christian  Commission,  the  Red  Cross  of 
that  day,  held  meetings  evening  in  the  Mansion  House,  where  L.  C.  Cooper 
real  aloud  the  war  news  and  casualties  from  the  front. 

He  maintained  a  room  for  a  while  just  north  of  the  river  in  Chicago,  where 
he  practiced  law  and  lost  nearly  all  his  personal  possessions  in  the  great 
Chicago  fire — even  his  wedding  clothes,  for  he  was  to  have  been  married  a 
few  days  later.  However,  in  borrowed  attire,  he  married  in  1871  Emma 
Yalding,  daughter  of  Deacon  J.  P.  Yalding  of  the  Congregational  Church. 

Lawrence  C.  Cooper  was  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  Chicago  Bar 
Association  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  had  been  for  more  than  forty  years 
on  the  legal  staff  of  the  Chicago  and  North  Western  Railway  and  was  a  former 
president  and  largest  stockholder  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank.  He  had  been 
at  one  time  counsel  for  the  Guaranty  Company  of  America  and  for  four  years 
at  one  time  was  State's  Attorney  of  DuPage  County. 

Mr.  Cooper  died  March  7,  1923.     Mrs.  Cooper  died  in  1908. 

The  children  of  Lawrence  Charles  and  Emma  Yalding  Cooper  are: 
Hermon  C,  born  November  22,  1875,  married  Agnes  Kent  Packard,  daughter  of 
Edward  N.  Packard,  D.  D.,  June  1905,  at  Stratford,  Connecticut.  Their  chil- 
dren are:  Elizabeth  P.,  born  March,  1907;  Lawrence  C,  born  May,  1909;  and 
Cynthia  P.,  born  December,  1910. 

Wilbur  P.  Cooper,  second  son  of  Lawrence  Charles  and  Emma  Yalding 
Cooper  was  born  July  19,  1884,  married  April  29,  1916  to  Leila  Myrtle  Chester, 
daughter  of  Florence  Chester,  at  Downers  Grove,  Illinois.  They  have  one 
child,  Ellyn,  born  January  12,   1918. 

DODGE 

n{  ABEZ  SEYMOUR  DODGE  came  to  Illinois  in  the  autumn  of  1835.     His 

l|    father  had  bought  a  claim  of  Ralph  and  Morgan  Babcock.     He  paid  $300 

^    a  section  for  this  property  which  included  a  part  of  Babcock's  Grove. 

Jabez  Seymour  Dodge  was  born  August  27,  1822,  in  Vermont,  a  son  of 

William  D.,  who  was  a  son  of  William,  whose  ancestors  came  from  England. 

His  mother  was  a  Lyon,  a  descendant  of  the  same  family  of  Lyons  as  the 


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brave  Gen.  Lyon  who  fell  at  the  battle  of  Wilson's  Creek,  Mo.  His  father  had 
come  to  Illinois  in  the  spring  of  1835  and  had  prepared  a  home  for  his  family 
who  came  that  fall,  reaching  Deacon  Winslow  Churchill's  the  first  of  October. 
William  D.  Dodge  died  September,  1855,  aged  75  years,  and  his  wife  died 
January  25,  1870,  aged  85. 

Jabez  S.  Dodge  married  Almeda  J.,  daughter  of  Orrin  A.  Powers,  of 
Onondaga,  N.  Y.,  December  18,  1848.  Almeda  J.  Powers  Dodge  was  the 
daughter  of  Marina,  daughter  of  Elijah  Ward,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  a 
Revolutionary  soldier.  She  died  December  9,  1871,  aged  81  years,  on  Gold 
Street,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Jabez  S.  Dodge  was  exclusively  a  farmer,  the  old  Dodge  farmhouse  stood 
on  the  northwest  corner  of  Hill  and  Taylor  Avenues.  When  he  retired  and 
came  into  Glen  Ellyn  (then  Danby)  to  live,  he  built  a  quaint  home  that  re- 
flected New  England  influence  on  the  east  side  of  Main  Street,  just  north  of 
Acacia  Hall,  where  the  foundation  is  still  visible.  It  was  white  with  green 
blinds  and  sat  back  among  the  trees  in  dignified  reticence.  It  has  been  sold 
and  remodeled  a  number  of  times  and  now  has  been  moved  back  to  the  opposite 
side  of  the  block  from  which  it  stood  originally,  now  facing  Forest  Avenue, 
painted  a  different  color,  again  remodeled  and  now  the  property  of  Oscar  Feist. 

Jabez  Seymour  and  Almeda  J.  Dodge  were  the  parents  of  the  following 
children:  Nelson  Powers,  born  October  9,  1849;  Clement  Alburtus,  born  March 
3,  1850;  Laura  Ada,  born  March  26,  1854,  died  August  30,  1856;  Ella  G.  J., 
born  November  23,  1857;  Willie  Burton,  born  February  1,  1860;  Orrin  Douglas, 
born  June  10,  1862;  and  Celia  May,  born  January  23,  1865. 

Nelson  Powers  Dodge  married  Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
Smith,  who  were  natives  of  England,  April  9,  1873,  at  Glen  Ellyn  (then 
Danby).  They  had  three  children:  Flora  May,  born  November  30,  1876,  married 
Luther  J.  Hiatt,  the  grandson  of  Dr.  Hiatt,  the  pioneer  doctor  of  Wheaton  and 
vicinity.  Dr.  Hiatt  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Indiana.  Graduated  from  the 
Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati  and  began  practicing  in  Newcastle  until 
1854  when  he  went  to  Westfield  where  he  remained  four  years  and  then  came 
to  Wheaton. 

He  also  had  an  office  in  Chicago  in  1871;  was  burned  out  by  the  great 
Chicago  fire  and  reopened  his  office  in  1872.  From  1877  to  1880  he  was 
Professor  of  Surgery  in  Bennet  Medical  College  of  Chicago — this  was  later 
absorbed  by  the  Northwestern  University  Medical.  Dr.  Hiatt's  son,  Luther 
Lee,  born  August  2,  1844,  married  Statira  E.  Jewett,  of  New  York  State, 
October  4,  1865.     They  were  the  parents  of  the  aforementioned  Luther  J. 

Flora  May  and  Luther  J.  Hiatt  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  a  son,  Kenneth 
Nelson,  born  December  27,  1901,  and  now  practicing  medicine  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

Louis  Burton,  the  second  child  of  Nelson  Powers  and  Mary  Jane  Dodge, 
was  born  September  23,  1888,  married  Alice  Cortes  January  3,  1910  at  Rogers 
Park.  Their  children  are:  Louis  Burton,  born  May  27,  1911,  and  Richard 
Cortes,  born  May  5,  1915. 

Rose  Grace  was  the  third  child  of  Nelson  Powers  and  Mary  Jane  Dodge. 
She  was  born  March  14,  1892,  married  William  Dieterle  at  St.  Mark's,  Glen 
Ellyn,  May  5,  1917.  They  have  four  children:  Harriet  Jane,  born  February  17, 
1918;  Carroll,  born  December  5,  1920;  William  Edward,  born  July  28,  1922, 
and  Joan,  born  February  28,  1925. 

Clement  Alburtus  Dodge  married  Kate  Alicia  Templeton  at  Glen  Ellyn 
(then  Danby),  November  15,  1873.  To  them  were  born  five  children:  Bert 
Clement,  born  September  16,  1875,  married  Ina  Schusler  at  Geneva,  Illinois, 
April  26,  1901  (they  have  one  child,  Audrie  Henrietta,  born  September  24,  1904, 
married  John  L.  Rohenkohl  July  11,  1923) ;  Charles  Hardy,  born  April  26,  1877, 
married  Elizabeth  Beilow,  Fairport,  Kansas,  January  1,  1900;  Seymour  Andrew, 
born  August  30,  1879,  married  Ella  May  Stegers,  Russell,  Kansas,  January  1, 
1904;  Martha  Almeda,  born  November  29,  1881,  married  Richard  Henry  Eddy 


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at  Fairport,  Kansas,  May  6,  1901;  Eva  Bernice,  born  August  5,  1886,  married 
William  J.  Claig  at  Fairport,  Kansas,  May  27,  1906. 

The  two  daughters  of  Jabez  Seymour  Dodge  were  Ella  Grace  Jessica  and 
Celia  May.  Ella  remained  at  home  and  Celia  May  was  an  osteopathic  doctor, 
graduating  at  Kirksville,  Missouri. 

Orrin  Douglas  Dodge  married  Fannie  S.  Weidman  January  29,  1889,  and 
lives  on  the  north  side  of  Hillside  Avenue,  the  first  house  east  of  Main  Street. 
Their  only  child,  a  son,  Raymond  Douglas,  born  December  20,  1891,  died  at 
the  age  of  20  years. 

EHLERS 

TLLIAM  EHLERS  was  born  in  Washington  County,  Wisconsin,  near 
Milwaukee,  September  16,  1856.  He  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  in  1889.  On 
September  5,  1892,  he  began  the  erection  of  his  hotel.  It  was  of  pressed 
brick,  three  stories  high  and  was  considered  the  finest  business  building  in 
Glen  Ellyn.  It  is  now  torn  down  and  replaced  by  the  Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank's 
new  building  (1928). 

The  old  hotel  had  22  rooms  for  guests,  sample  rooms,  reading  rooms, 
private  and  public  parlors,  dining  rooms  and  a  fine  office  and  bar.  There  were 
also  safety  deposit  vaults,  a  barber  shop,  a  laundry,  while  the  third  floor  was 
fitted  up  as  an  elegant  dancing  hall  and  society  room.  It  had  all  the  then 
modern  improvements  in  the  way  of  heating,  lighting  and  ventilation. 

Mr.  Ehlers  married  Miss  Fredrikia  Volksman,  of  Milwaukee  in  1874.  They 
had  three  children:  two  daughters  and  a  son.  Lydia,  one  of  the  daughters, 
married  Albert  M.  Kelley,  grandson  of  David  Kelley.  Their  son,  Harry  Kelley, 
is  a  grandson  of  Mr.  Ehlers  and  now  lives  in  New  York.     See  Kelley  family. 

GARY 

«/UDE  PERIN,  Erastus  and  Orlinda  Gary,  were  the  children  of  William  and 
l|  Lucy  Gary.  Their  ancestors  came  from  London  in  1630,  and  settled  at 
^  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  Jude  Gary  was  born  in  Putnam,  Connecticut, 
July  3,  1811.  His  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Col.  Samuel  Perin,  formerly  an 
English  soldier,  but  who  was  loyal  to  the  Colonial  cause  during  the  Revolution- 
ary War.  She  became  a  Methodist  and  had  a  great  influence  over  her  chil- 
dren's lives,  as  their  father  died  when  Jude  was  only  six  years  old.  He 
joined  the  Methodist  church  when  he  was  only  11  years  old,  and  served  for 
many  years  as  a  circuit  rider  preacher  in  the  midst  of  his  pioneer  activities. 

In  1833  Jude,  Erastus  and  their  sister,  Orlinda,  came  west  and  took  up  a 
claim  at  the  "Big  Woods"  near  Warrenville.  Cutting  down  the  trees  they  built 
a  double  log  house,  the  sister  keeping  house  for  her  two  bachelor  brothers. 
They  built  the  saw  mill  on  the  DuPage  River  and  led  a  very  busy  life  with 
their  farming  enterprise  beside. 

Jude  helped  organize  the  first  Methodist  church  at  Gary  Mills,  the  little 
settlement  three  miles  south  of  Wheaton,  on  the  west  bank  of  the  DuPage 
River,  (which  is  no  more),  in  1837.  He  was  the  first  superintendent  of  the 
Sabbath  School  there.  He  was  probably  instrumental  in  helping  build  the  first 
church  at  Stacy's  Corners  in  1839. 

He  married  Margaret  L.  Kimball,  daughter  of  Rev.  William  and  Louisa 
Kimball,  from  Vermont.  Rev.  Kimball  was  a  Methodist  minister  who  preached 
for  30  years  in  Kane  and  DuPage  counties,  so  it's  possible  that  he  preached  at 
Stacy's  Corners. 

In  1848  Jude  and  Erastus  divided  their  possessions,  Erastus  taking  the 
prairie  land,  part  of  which  is  in  the  present  village  of  Wheaton. 

Erastus  married  Susan  Vallette  and  their  son  was  Elbert  H.  Gary,  born 
1846  on  their  farm  near  Wheaton.  He  went  to  Wheaton  College,  worked  in 
the  law  office  of  Vallette  and  Cody  in  Naperville,  and  took  a  course  at  the 


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University  of  Chicago.  He  became  general  counsel  for  the  North  Western 
Elevated  Company,  the  Baltimore  and  Ohio  R.  R.,  and  several  steel  companies, 
including  the  American  Steel  and  Wire  Company.  He  was  also  president  of 
the  Chicago  Bar  Association  during  this  time.  In  1882  he  was  elected  judge 
of  DuPage  County,  and  was  re-elected  four  years  later.  He  served  as  president 
of  Wheaton's  village  board  and  when  it  was  incorporated  as  a  city  in  1892  he 
was  its  first  mayor.  He  formed  the  American  Steel  and  Wire  Company, 
controlling  75%  of  the  steel  rod  and  wire  products  of  the  country  and  was 
prominently  connected  with  the  organization  of  the  United  States  Steel 
Corporation,  of  which  he  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  at  the  time  of 
his  death  in  1927.  He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Gary  mausoleum  in  Wheaton 
Cemetery. 

In  1869  he  married  Julia  E.  Graves,  of  Aurora,  and  they  had  two  daugh- 
ters. His  wife  died  in  1902  and  in  1905  he  married  Mrs.  Emma  T.  Scott,  of 
New  York,  who  survived  him.  He  was  the  donor  of  the  law  library  to  North- 
western University,  containing  60,000  volumes,  which  is  housed  on  McKinlook 
Campus. 

HOADLEY 

CjTHOMAS  HOADLEY,  son  of  Nelson  and  Marietta  Phelps  Hoadley,  was 
VJJ/  born  January  6,  1848,  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  and  came  to  Glen  Ellyn  in 
1875.  On  October  28,  1879  he  married  Rebecca  Arnold,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Arnold,  at  Blue  Island,  Illinois.  He  very  early  established  his  resi- 
dence in  Glen  Ellyn  and  entered  into  the  civic  and  business  life  of  the  town. 
He  conducted  a  shoe  business  up  to  within  a  few  years  of  his  death.  Early  in 
the  organization  of  the  village  he  served  on  the  village  board  twelve  years. 
He  served  as  village  treasurer  one  term  and  one  term  on  the  school  board. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoadley  were  the  parents  of  three  children:  one  son,  Henry 
Clinton  Hoadley,  died  September  24,  1924,  and  one  son  and  daughter  living. 

Mrs.  Peter  J.  McDonnell,  born  Agnes  Marietta  Hoadley,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 15,  1893,  is  the  mother  of  three  daughters:  Muriel,  born  June  2,  1916; 
Jeanne,  born  March  8,  1920,  and  Marietta,  born  July  27,  1928. 

Richard  Thomas  Hoadley,  born  May  7,  1898,  married  Abra  Beatty,  of  Glen 
Ellyn,  October  24,  1927. 

Thomas  A.  Hoadley  was  for  several  years  with  the  W.  H.  Brown  shoe 
firm  in  Chicago,  and  later  with  DeMuth  and  Co.,  which  organization  was 
later  bought  by  Hanan.  When  this  transaction  took  place  Mr.  Hoadley  started 
in  business  in  Glen  Ellyn  in  which  he  continued  until  a  few  years  before  his 
death.  He  established  his  home  here  when  he  got  married,  in  a  house  opposite 
the  Duane  school,  where  his  three  children  were  born.  About  twenty-seven 
years  ago  he  built  the  home  on  Main  Street,  where  his  widow  now  resides. 
Mr.  Hoadley  passed  away  March  27,  1927. 

HOBSON 

<JjjJAILEY  HOBSON,  the  first  white  settler  of  DuPage  County,  according  to 
ijjjl  histories  of  the  county,  was  a  descendant  of  an  old  South  Carolina  family 
Cr  — the  Hobson  family.  Very  little  is  known  of  his  wanderings  from  South 
Carolina  to  Illinois  except  there  is  an  entry  in  a  Bible  owned  by  the  Meisinger 
family,  now  residing  in  Naperville,  which  reads:  John  H.  Hobson,  son  of  Bailey 
Hobson,  was  born  January  5,  1824,  at  Patoka,  Orange  County  (now  Gibson 
County),  Indiana.  Bailey  Hobson  came  to  Illinois  first  on  horseback  in  1829 
and  became  so  enamored  with  the  beauty  of  the  country  that  in  1831  he 
brought  his  family  to  the  beautiful  DuPage  Valley  and  established  his  home 
with  land  on  both  sides  of  the  DuPage  River,  about  two  miles  south  of  Naper- 
ville, in  Lisle  township.  Here  the  mill  race  hewn  out  of  the  rock  strata  gives 
silent   testimony  to   the   intrepid   determination   of   this   pioneer  who  besides 


176  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

establishing  his  home  (on  the  east  side  of  the  river)  established  a  saw  mill 
and  a  grist  mill  on  the  west  side  of  the  river,  the  ruins  of  which  are  still 
discernible,  even  the  cellar  of  the  miller's  cottage.  Hobson's  pioneer  log  cabin 
soon  gave  place  to  a  spacious  home  which  became  a  tavern  as  his  mills  became 
known.  It  is  said  that  he  built  huge  barns  to  accommodate  the  teams  which 
hauled  grists  to  his  mill,  while  awaiting  their  turn. 

The  books,  the  few  pieces  of  furniture,  the  handwork,  the  letters — all  that 
are  left  of  the  mementoes  of  this  family,  testify  to  their  fineness  and  culture 
and  aloofness. 

Bailey  Hobson  was  the  son  of  J.  H.  and  Charlotte  E.  Hobson.  He  was 
born  May  25,  1798,  married  Clarissa  Stewart,  who  was  born  December  13, 
1804.  He  died  March  25,  1850,  and  she  died  May  27,  1884.  Her  town  house 
is  now  standing  in  Naperville  and  is  occupied  by  the  widow  and  the  children 
of  her  grandson,  Hally  Haight.  It  is  a  distinctive  mansion-like  structure,  with 
the  air  of  a  grandeur  of  a  day  that  is  past.  It  is  now  painted  red  and  stands 
just  opposite  the  turn  of  the  Ogden  Avenue  road  after  one  crosses  the  river 
in  Naperville  to  go  to  Aurora. 

Bailey  and  Clarissa  Hobson  were  the  parents  of  the  following:  John  H., 
born  January  5,  1824,  died  March  28,  1896;  Nancy  Jane,  born  1830,  died  1906; 
Merritt,  born  August  6,  1835,  died  January  9,  1867;  Elvira  (Haight),  born 
November  21,  1836,  died  March  21,  1917;  Charlotte  (Haight),  born  July  15, 
1841,  died  February  4,  1911;  Ellen  Hobson  (Crossman),  born  1843,  died  1923; 
Adela,  born  1846,  died  1912. 

Elvira  Hobson  married  John  Haight,  born  January  24,  1824,  died  August 
22,  1906.  Their  children  were:  Hally,  born  January  16,  1863,  died  May  3,  1911; 
Mabel,  born  November  13,  1868,  died  January  27,  1897;  Elizabeth,  born  April 
18,  1871,  died  June  3,  1904,  and  John  R.,  born  September  24,  1876,  deceased. 

John  Hobson  married;  one  of  his  children  was  Gertrude,  who  married  John 
D.  Meisinger.  Their  children,  all  born  in  Naperville,  were:  William  H.,  born 
March  11,  1883;  Fred  Robert,  born  October  5,  1884,  and  Clara  Gertrude,  born 
August  28,  1893. 

Hally  Haight  married  Rhoda  Louise  Royce  at  Warrenville,  Illinois,  January 
26,  1904.  Born  to  this  union:  Hally  Haight,  born  September  4,  1906.  On  May  5, 
1914,  Rhoda  Louise  Haight  married  her  deceased  husband's  brother,  John  R., 
at  Clinton,  Iowa.  Their  children  are:  John  R.,  born  March  8,  1916,  and  Mildred 
Naomi,  born  May  18,  1917. 

Fred  Robert  Meisinger  married,  July  19,  1911,  Jeanette  Stoos,  daughter  of 
Andrew  Stoos.  Their  children  are:  Verna  Helen,  born  May  3,  1912;  James 
Robert,  born  December  5,  1914;  Fred,  Jr.,  born  July  6,  1917,  and  Robert  John 
Hobson,  born  June  14,  1919 — all  born  in  Naperville,  except  Fred,  Jr.,  who  was 
born  in  Jefferson,  Iowa. 

Clara  Gertrude  Meisinger  married  on  October  24,  1917,  Frank  J.  O'Connor. 
Their  children  are:  Mary,  born  July  31,  1918;  Robert,  born  March  6,  1920,  and 
John,  born  November  14,  1921,  all  at  Plainfield,  Illinois.  This  family  resides 
near  Plainfield  on  a  farm. 

The  Fred  R.  Meisinger  family  reside  now  on  a  farm  about  a  mile  south 
of  Naperville. 

JANES 

Ol  LBERT  S.  JANES,  son  of  Sylvanus  Janes  and  Laura  M.  Janes,  was  born 
^\    May  7th,  1820,  in  Livingston  County,  New  York. 

^  He  traced  his  descent  from  Geoffrey  de  Jeanne,  one  of  the  Crusaders  of 
France,  who,  in  1204,  made  a  pilgrimage  to  Jerusalem;  subsequently  making 
two  others  with  his  son,  Guido  de  Jeanne,  he  was  entitled  to  the  three  escallop 
shells  engraved  on  the  Janes  coat  of  arms.  When  the  son  removed  to  England 
the  name  was  changed  by  dropping  the  prefix  and  finally  was  Anglicized  to 
read  Janes. 


TEE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  177 

William  Janes,  who  came  to  America  with  the  Davenport  colony  in  1637, 
was  the  first  ancestor  to  settle  in  this  country. 

Albert  Janes  was  one  of  the  seventh  generation  of  his  descendants  in 
America.  Several  of  his  ancestors  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War.  In  1834 
his  father's  family  came  to  Illinois  from  New  York  with  several  other  families 
seeking  homes  in  the  great  new  west. 

The  long  journey  was  made  with  horses  and  wagons,  and  a  home  was 
established  in  DuPage  County,  where  the  family  resided  continuously  for 
many  years,  with  the  exception  of  a  short  time  spent  in  Will  County,  where 
Sylvanus  Janes,  the  father,  died  at  Mokena. 

Two  of  the  daughters  of  the  family,  Harriet  and  Ruth,  were  among  the 
early  school  teachers  of  DuPage  County. 

In  1847  Albert  <S.  Janes  married  Sarah  Brooks,  daughter  of  Shadrack 
Brooks  and  Cornelia  Brooks,  who  died  in  1848,  leaving  an  infant  daughter, 
Mary  Cornelia,  now  Mrs.  H.  W.  Yalding,  of  River  Forest. 

In  1851  Albert  S.  Janes  made  the  overland  trip  to  the  gold  fields  of  Cali- 
fornia, one  of  the  members  of  a  wagon  train  of  prospectors  and  gold  seekers. 
After  a  stay  of  two  years  in  California  he  returned  richer  only  in  interesting 
experiences.  He  came  home  by  water  from  San  Francisco,  down  the  Pacific 
to  the  Isthmus  of  Panama,  and  there  up  the  Atlantic  to  New  York.  He  was 
regarded  as  quite  a  traveler,  and  his  stories  of  his  adventures  commanded  wide 
interest. 

In  1856,  in  his  odd  minutes,  with  almost  no  help,  he  built  a  small  house 
at  the  southeast  corner  of  Main  Street  and  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  in  Danby 
(where  the  Buchholz  Building  now  stands).  In  1857  he  married  Charlotte  B. 
Powers,  daughter  of  Daniel  Carpenter  Powers  and  Nancy  Maria  (Palmer) 
Powers,  fetching  his  wife  to  this  new  house  where  they  lived  till  1869. 

The  house  was  later  moved  to  the  rear  of  the  lot  where  it  stood  facing 
north  till  1922,  when  it  was  torn  down. 

Few  persons  remember  that  this  simple,  little  white  house  with  green 
blinds  and  vine  covered  porch,  surrounded  by  beautiful  hard  maple  trees  that 
Mr.  Janes  had  set  out  in  1855,  was  used  by  Uncle  Sam  as  a  post  office  for  the 
village  of  Danby. 

Albert  Janes  had  been  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  as  well  as  postmaster  for 
some  time  in  the  early  60's,  and  had  both  the  post  office  and  his  own  office  in 
an  old  house  immediately  south  of  his  home.  It  was  here  he  kept  his  desk 
and  small  library  and  presided  over  the  minor  cases. 

ButJ  in  1864,  though  past  the  draft  age,  he  enlisted  and  received  his 
captain's  commission  from  Gov.  Richard  Yates,  appointing  him  to  serve  as 
Captain  of  Co.  H.  of  the  141st  Illinois  Infantry. 

'So  the  post  office  changed  its  quarters.  A  place  was  made  for  it  in  the 
Janes'  home  by  building  a  small  enclosure  across  the  south  end  of  the  porch, 
installing  boxes,  with  a  delivery  window  and  a  door  cut  into  the  family  dining 
room.     Mrs.  Janes,  sworn  in  as  deputy,  served  during  her  husband's  absence. 

Mr.  Janes  served  the  district  many  years  as  school  director.  He  was  also 
on  the  county  board  of  supervisors  from  Milton  Township  for  many  years. 
He  was  elected  to  the  office  of  county  surveyor  several  times,  and  also  served 
as  a  deputy  under  other  surveyors.  Probably  no  one  at  that  time  knew  more 
of  the  geography  and  topography  of  DuPage  County  than  he.  With  the 
railroad's  surveyor,  he  surveyed  the  route  through  the  northern  part  of  the 
county  for  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  railroad,  which,  in  those  days 
was  called  by  the  DuPage  County  people  "the  Hough  Railroad"  as  the  road 
was  promoted  by  Col.  Roselle  Hough,  and  he  was  president  for  a  time.  Mr. 
Janes  also  laid  out  all  the  new  towns  that  sprang  into  existence  along*  this 
route  about  that  time,  as  well  as  many  subdivisions  and  additions  to  the  older 
towns. 


178 TEE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

When  the  village  of  Babcock's  Grove  was  re-platted  and  its  name  changed 
to  Lombard,  in  honor  of  Josiah  Lombard,  a  Chicago  capitalist,  Mr.  Janes 
did  all  of  the  field  work  and  making  of  plats.  In  co-operation  with  Mr.  Lom- 
bard and  Gen.  B.  J.  Sweet,  he  made  the  final  plat  at  his  own  home,  and  each 
man  chose  a  street  to  which  he  gave  the  name  of  his  wife.  Mrs.  Lombard's 
name  was  Elizabeth;  Mrs.  Sweet's,  Martha;  Mrs.  Janes',  Charlotte. 

Mr.  Janes  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  of  the  Danby  Lodge, 
and  served  as  the  Noble  Grand  of  the  Order  and  also  as  secretary.  In  politics 
he  was  a  staunch  Republican,  and  was  always  proud  of  a  personal  interview 
with  Abraham  Lincoln  in  his  Springfield  home,  and  of  having  heard  the  famous 
Lincoln-Douglas  debate  at  Freeport. 

In  1873  Mr.  Janes  was  elected  county  judge  of  DuPage  County,  an  office 
he  held  till  1877  when  he  was  compelled  to  resign  because  of  ill  health.  A 
copy  of  a  poor  photograph,  the  only  one  in  existence,  hangs  with  those  of 
other  judges  in  the  court  house  at  Wheaton,  where  he  spent  the  last  years  of 
his  active  business  life.  His  name  as  one  of  DuPage  County's  volunteer 
soldiers  in  the  Civil  War  is  on  a  bronze  tablet  in  the  court  house. 

After  6  years  of  invalidism,  Albert  S.  Janes  died  at  his  home  December 
20,  1882.  He  and  both  his  first  and  second  wives  are  buried  in  Forest  Hill 
Cemetery. 

Charlotte  Powers  Janes,  his  second  wife,  was  born  in  Rutland,  Vermont, 
May  17,  1833.  She  was  a  descendant  of  Revolutionary  ancestors  on  both 
paternal  and  maternal  sides  and  her  father's  father  was  a  soldier  in  the  War 
of  1812.  She  was  educated  in  public  and  private  schools  and  taught  school  in 
Vermont  and  in  Illinois,  where  she  came  in  1853. 

She  was  the  mother  of  seven  children,  all  of  them  born  in  Danby.  They 
were: 

1.  Mattie  A.,  born  1858,  daughter  of  Albert  S.  and  Charlotte  B.  Powers 
Janes,  married  September  26,  1876,  at  Prospect  Park,  Wilbur  E.  Coe,  son  of 
Harvey  H.  and  Jane  E.  White  Coe,  of  Bloomingdale,  Illinois.  Wilbur  E.  Coe 
died  August  14,  1924,  at  Evanston,  Illinois.  Children:  Ethel  Louise,  born 
November  11,  1878;  Edna,  born  April  25,  1881;  Marjorie,  born  February  20, 
1888. 

2.  Edna  Frances,  daughter  of  Albert  S.  Janes  and  Charlotte  B.  Powers 
Janes,  married  1887,  Theodore  J.  Schmitz,  at  Elgin.  She  died  October  30,  1918. 
One  child:  Dorothy  L.,  born  April  9,  1897. 

3.  Albert  B.  Janes  married  Winnie  Warner  at  Pilot  Rock,  Oregon,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1892.  His  wife  died  September  5,  1915.  Children:  Lois  M.,  born 
February  6,  1893,  married  Arthur  Richards;  Ashley,  born  April  9,  1894,  died 
December  16,  1919;  Leon,  born  September  20,  1895,  died  May  21,  1916;  Jessie, 
born  September  26,  1898,  died  November  2,  1915;  Sara,  born  August  11,  1900, 
died  June  16,  1926;  Gladys,  born  December  8,  1902,  died  January  3,  1921; 
Charlotte  (Lottie),  born  December  14,  1904;  Gertrude,  born  April  19,  1910; 
Thelma,  born  August  29,  1912.     All  children  born  in  Pilot  Rock,  Oregon. 

4.  Jessie  E.,  Mrs.  Thomas  J.  Garrison.  Children:  Dee,  born  April  2,  1886; 
Ruth,  born  December  29,  1887;  Charlotte,  born  July  12,  1890;  Lloyd,  born  April 
3,  1892;  Neal,  born  November  7,  1893;  Harold,  born  May  14,  1895;  Grace,  born 
May  18,  1897;  Mary,  born  February  13,  1899;  Jesse,  born  January  5,  1901  (all 
born  in  Glen  Ellyn,  Illinois,  or  Prospect  Park  till  1891-2);  Katharine,  born 
October  17,  1902;  Harriet,  born  March  23,  1905  (born  in  Hartford,  Michigan). 

5.  Arthur  S.,  unmarried. 

6.  George  P.,  born  February  23,  1871,  died  September  30,  1872. 

7.  Harley  C,  married  Alison  Warner  in  Pendleton,  Oregon;  he  died  June 
1,  1904,  she  died  May  15,  1904.  Children:  Theodore  C,  born  February  2,  1899; 
Dorothy,  born  November  30,  1901. 

— Mattie  Janes  Coe. 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  179 

KELLEY 

Trri  AVID  KELLEY  immigrated  to  Illinois  in  1845,  locating  in  Milton  Township 
Jp  a  couple  of  miles  north  of  Stacy's  Corners.  In  1846  he  started  keeping  a 
C^  post  office  in  his  house.  He  was  also  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  so 
served  12  years. 

After  the  coming  of  the  railroad  to  Newton's  Station,  Mr.  Kelley  moved 
down  there  with  his  post  office  in  1851-2  and  became  the  first  station  agent 
of  the  station  he  named  Danby  after  his  Vermont  birthplace.  He  built  the 
Mansion  House,  the  old  tavern  which  he  ran  until  1873,  on  the  site  of  the  new 
Glen  Ellyn  State  Bank. 

David  Kelley,  son  of  Daniel  Kelley,  of  Danby,  Rutland  County,  Vermont, 
was  born  December  15,  1806,  died  January  3,  1876.  He  was  reared  among  the 
mountains  of  Vermont  as  a  farmer  and  at  the  age  of  19  years,  in  1825,  married 
Charity,  daughter  of  Henry  Herrick,  of  Danby,  Vermont,  by  whom  he  had  four 
children,  three  of  whom  were:  Henry,  who  went  to  Nebraska;  Margaret,  Mrs. 
James  Lester,  of  Marengo,  Illinois;  and  William,  farming  in  Wallingford, 
Vermont.  In  1832  David  Kelley  married  Zanna  D.,  daughter  of  Ephraim  Jones, 
of  Pawlet,  Vermont.  His  children  by  this  marriage  were:  Daniel  Isaac,  Thomas 
Benton  and  David  Martin,  the  last  born  January  18,  1837,  the  father  of  Albert 
M.  Kelley,  of  Glen  Ellyn,  and  Julia  Augusta  (Mrs.  E.  H.  McChesney),  de- 
ceased. 

Albert  M.  Kelley  (Bert),  born  June  23,  1861,  at  Como,  Illinois,  married 
Lydia  Ehlers  at  Glen  Ellyn  November  13,  1895.  Their  children:  Edgar  Martin, 
born  December  27,  1896,  died  November  27,  1898;  Harry  William,  born  October 
10,  1899,  married  Patricia  Berger,  June  18,  1927,  at  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts. 
Harry  and  Patricia  Kelley  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Susan  Jane,  born 
August  17,  1928. 

THE  McCHESNEYS 

CTTHE  MoOHESNEY  FAMILY  are  of  Scotch-Irish  origin.  James  McChesney, 
\\\/   son  of  David,  born  in  North  Ireland,  June  4,  1798,  was  a  descendent  of 

pure  Scotch  blood  of  the  Highland  Clan  of  Chasne.  He  came  to  America 
in  1815,  became  a  Congregational  minister  and  continued  to  preach  for  nearly 
70  years.  He  was  also  a  writer,  some  of  his  books  having  been  published.  He 
came  to  Stacy  Corners  in  1835  but  did  not  bring  his  family  until  1845.  He  was 
the  second  circuit  rider  preacher  in  the  old  meeting  house  at  Stacy  Corners 
He  married  Matilda  Davis,  April  4,  1824.  For  more  than  50  years  they  lived 
at  Danby. 

Joseph  McChesney,  son  of  James,  was  born  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  June  18, 
1828.  He  came  to  Illinois  and  settled  at  Danby  in  1845.  Married  Elizabeth 
Leatherman  in  1852,  and  was  in  the  mercantile  business  prior  to  the  Civil 
War. 

At  the  outbreak  of  this  war  he  left  his  business  in  the  hands  of  his  father, 
James  McChesney,  and  enlisted,  being  a  recuiting  officer  at  Danby.  He  as- 
sisted in  forming  Co.  H,  141  Illinois  Volunteer  Infantry,  being  enrolled  him- 
self on  May  2,  1862,  as  a  private,  but  mustered  in  as  a  lieutenant.  He  was 
honorably  discharged  October  10,  1864.  After  the  war  he  sold  his  business  to 
his  two  sons,  Joseph  D.  and  Edgar  H.  McChesney. 

Joseph  R.  McChesney  was  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Lodge,  also  a 
Mason,  belonging  to  the  Wheaton  lodge.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
E.  S.  Kelley  Post  G.  A.  R.  of  Wheaton  and  was  its  first  quartermaster.  He 
was  the  first  president  of  Prospect  Park  and  for  two>  terms  postmaster  of 
Danby. 

Joseph  D.  McChesney  was  born  at  Schura,  Cook  county,  in  1857.  He  was 
married  in  Danby  to  Mattie  Smith,  November  7,  1878.  They  had  four  children, 
the   only   son  being   Charles   Henry,   now   carrying   on   the   grocery  business 


180  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

founded  by  his  grandfather.  He  was  born  January  7,  1888,  and  married 
Gretchen  Jacobs,  November  12,  1907.  They  have  three  children:  Nathalie 
Alice,  born  January  18,  1909;  Joseph  Edgar,  born  May  28,  1911,  and  Elizabeth 
Martha,  born  January  3,  1914. 

Charles  H.  McChesney  has  a  sister  living  in  Glen  Ellyn — Sadie  Valerie, 
born  March  20,  1882,  who  married  Magnus  J.  J.  Hanson  in  August,  1907.  They 
have  two  children  Magnus  McChesney  Hanson,  born  August  4,  1908,  and 
Katherine,  born  January  21,  1914. 

The  present  grocery  business  was  started  in  1878  with  Joseph  D,  a  partner 
to  his  father.  In  1885  Joseph  D.  and  Edgar  H.  formed  a  partnership  calling 
the  business  McChesney  Bros. 

MEACHAM 

rti  N  1833  Silas,  Lyman  and  Harvey  Meacham,  from  New  York,  came  out  to 
1)  Illinois  and  settled  the  community  known  as  Meacham's  Grove,  now  called 
^    Medinah,  about  three  miles  northeast  of  Bloomingdale. 

In  1855,  B.  F.  Meacham,  their  nephew,  came  and  settled  near  them.  He 
was  born  October  13,  1813,  in  Oswego  County,  New  York,  the  son  of  Robert 
Fulton  Meacham.  September  30,  1836,  he  married  Rebecca  Hinman.  In  1848 
he  took  his  family  to  Fleming  County,  Kentucky.  There  were  two  children 
born  in  Oswego  County,  New  York:  Geo.  W.,  born  October  5,  1837,  and 
Elizabeth,  born  1841.  The  Meachams  settled  near  Mammoth  Cave  in  Kentucky. 
Mr.  Meacham  was  a  cheese  maker,  he  made  the  first  cheese  made  in  Kentucky. 
He  was  also  a  thoroughly  outspoken  northerner  and  so  because  of  his  abolition 
principles  he  decided  to  leave  Kentucky  and  came  to  DuPage  County,  entering 
the  settlement  of  his  uncles.  When  the  right-of-way  for  the  Chicago-Mil- 
waukee R.  R.  was  put  through  he  gave  the  right-of-way  through  his  farm 
and  the  name  Meacham  appeared  on  the  railroad  map  and  the  map  of  DuPage 
County.     Changed  in  1925  to  Medinah. 

Here  he  raised  his  children  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 

George  W.,  his  son,  married  Cornelia  Rathbun  (see  Rathbun  family),  on 
September  19,  1860.  To  them  were  born  five  children,  of  whom  three  only  are 
alive — these  reside  in  Glen  Ellyn — Eliza,  Edith  and  George  Joshua. 

George  Joshua  Meacham,  born  October  2,  1867,  married  on  December  21, 
1898,  Clara  Louise  Penrose,  of  Glen  Ellyn.  To  them  were  born  the  following: 
1st,  George  Penrose,  born  January  29,  1900,  married  Leona  Losselyong,  of 
Chicago,  May  6,  1922;  the  child  of  George  Penrose  Meacham  and  Leona  is 
Mary  Louise,  born  August  23,  1923.  2nd,  Helen,  born  April  14,  1901,  married 
October  15,  1927,  at  Glen  Ellyn  to  Harold  E.  Enyeart,  of  Dayton,  Ohio.  3rd, 
Charles  Rathbun,  born  September  2,  1903,  married  on  April  26,  1924,  in  Clin- 
ton, Iowa,  to  Dorothy  Belendorf  of  that  city.  4th,  William  Royal  Meacham, 
born  December  9,  1905,  died  March  5,  1920. 

MORGAN 

'TfJ  OYAL  T.  MORGAN  was  born  in  Campton  Township,  Kane  County,  Illinois, 
itv  May  9>  1844-  His  father,  Elijah  Morgan,  was  born  in  Randolph,  Vermont. 
C      His  mother,  Laura  Ward  Morgan,  was  born  near  Batavia,  New  York. 

Royal  T.  Morgan  was  a  student  at  Wheaton  College,  and  later,  a  professor 
there  for  nine  years.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War,  being  mustered  into 
service  at  St.  Charles,  Illinois,  December  3,  1863,  in  Co.  H.,  17th  Illinois 
Cavalry.    He  was  discharged  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  December  15,  1865. 

He  resigned  as  professor  at  Wheaton  College  in  1877  and  became  county 
superintendent  of  schools,  filling  this  position  for  over  50  years. 

He  married  Hattie  Turner,  of  Mt.  Palatine,  Illinois,  in  1881,  and  one  of 
their  sons,  Lewis  V.  Morgan,  now  holds  this  school  position  in  the  county, 
1928. 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  181 

MYERS 

CTfHE  MYERS  FAMILY  in  Glen  Ellyn  lead  back  to  a  Frederick  Myers,  a 
V]|/   soldier  of  the  War  of  1812,  who  fought  in  the  battle  of  Lake  Erie.     At 

Fort  Niagara  he  served  as  quartermaster's  clerk,  in  which  capacity  he 
served  also  at  Fort  Mackinac  and  finally  at  Fort  Dearborn  in  1831-33.  He 
kept  a  record  of  his  service  in  the  War  of  1812,  which  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  the  Chicago  Historical  Society.  He  was  a  man  of  much  learning,  a  fluent 
and  eloquent  writer  of  both  prose  and  poetry,  spoke  seven  languages  and  wrote 
a  dictionary  of  the  Ojibwa  Indian  language  and  its  equivalent  in  English,  and 
was  a  fur  trader  among  the  Indians  for  many  years  after  leaving  the  army. 
He  owned  much  land  in  Chicago,  one  parcel  of  which  is  the  site  of  the  present 
court  house.  Frederick  Myers  died  of  smallpox  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery 
where  Lincoln  Park  now  is. 

Frederick  Myers  married  Sene  Hayden  (sister  of  Jack  and  Breer,  step- 
daughter of  Mr.  Allen,  and  half  sister  to  Miles  and  Levy  Allen).  Miles  Allen 
was  the  father  of  Georgiana,  Fannie  and  Henry  Allen,  and  Levy  Allen  was 
the  father  of  Almeda  Bishop. 

Frederick  and  Sene  Myers  were  the  parents  of  five  children:  1st,  William 
Henry,  born  1837,  married  Sarah  Balsey,  born  July  1,  1847,  Fayetteville,  New 
York,  (half  sister  to  Lucile  Rhoades,  of  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin).  2nd,  Serene 
Myers,  born  on  a  boat,  for  which  she  was  named;  (she  married  1st,  Mr.  Bowker; 
2nd,  Joseph  Snyder).  3rd,  Edwin  Myers,  married  (wife's  name  Sarah).  4th, 
Frederick  Myers,  Jr.,  married  Louise  Buck.  5th,  Charles  Myers,  bachelor. 
The  four  sons  are  all  buried  in  Forest  Hill  Cemetery — they  were  all  volunteers 
in  the  Civil  War,  served  throughout  the  war,  returned  home. 

William  Henry  and  Sarah  Balsey  Myers  were  the  parents  of  five  children: 
George  McPherson,  Frederick  Grant,  Viola,  Arthur  and  Allan  Avery.  George, 
Viola  and  Arthur  died  unmarried. 

Frederick  Grant  Myers,  born  August  11,  1871,  died  May  2,  1927.  Married 
Anna  Olive  Olson,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Olson,  of  Chicago,  February  14, 
1895.  Their  children:  Harold  Leslie,  born  February  13,  1897;  Helen  Lucile, 
born  November  8,  1898;  Raymond  W.,  born  October  12,  1903;  Margaret  Marie, 
born  July  26,  1909,  died  May  16,  1926;  Grant,  born  January  7,  1913. 

Allan  Avery  Myers,  born  August  2,  1886,  married  Kathryn  Creedon, 
daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Barry  Creedon  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  September 
29,  1909.  Their  children:  Lucile  Trillium,  born  April  1,  1911;  Shirley  Alberta, 
born  December  10,  1912;  William  Henry,  died  April  15,  1918,  and  Charles 
King,  died  August  6,  1917  (twins,  born  August  1,  1917) ;  and  Janet  E.,  born 
October  15,  1923. 

The  Frederick  G.  and  Allan  A.  Myers'  families  now  reside  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

Edwin  and  iSarah  Myers'  one  child,  William,  died  unmarried. 

Frederick  and  Louise  Myers'  two  children:  Eva  Belle,  died,  and  Bessie. 

Serene  Myers  married,  1st,  Bowker;  children:  Nettie  Dodge,  Eliza  Frueden- 
berg,  George  and  Edwin  Bowker.  2nd,  Joseph  Snyder;  children:  Everett,  Royal 
and  Jennie. 

NEWTON 

JT|R.  LOWEY  QUITTERFIELD  NEWTON  ('tis  thought  from  New  York), 
Ip  and  his  brother,  Lensa  Newton,  bought  land  of  William  Churchill  prior 
C  to  1849.  Their  farm  covered  most  of  the  present  site  of  the  village  north 
of  the  North  Western  tracks.  Miss  Harmon's  home  stands  on  the  edge  of 
what  was  the  old  apple  orchard  belonging  to  this  farm  (corner  of  Park  Blvd. 
and  Glen  Ellyn  Place). 

The  Newton  farmhouse  stood  on  the  northwest  corner  of  Main  Street 
and  Pennsylvania  Avenue — the  first  frame  house  build  in  Danby  and  Dr. 
Newton  was  the  first  physician  serving  the  community. 


182  TEE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

Dr.  Newton  owned  the  railroad's  right-of-way  and  he  built  the  first  station 
right  at  Main  Street — the  first  building  erected  on  the  site  of  Glen  Ellyn.  For 
some  time  it  was  known  as  Newton's  Station. 

The  site  of  the  old  Newton  home  was  recently  given  to  the  Village  of  Glen 
Ellyn  by  the  late  William  Newton,  Dr.  Newton's  son,  and  it  is  now  cared  for 
under  the  control  of  the  Glen  Ellyn  Garden  Club  as  a  village  park  until  such 
time  as  the  village  can  afford  to  build  a  suitably  imposing  municipal  building 
on  it.     The  plan  is  to  then  rent  or  sell  the  present  Village  Hall  for  stores. 

The  later  Newtons  lived  for  years  in  the  house  on  the  northeast  corner  of 
Main  Street  and  Pennsylvania  Avenue — this  house  has  been  moved  to  Geneva 
Road,  just  west  of  Five  Corners,  and  is  now  occupied  by  the  Moulin  family. 
The  present  Congregational  parsonage  was  the  William  Newton  home  until  he 
built  the  home  on  the  corner  of  Cottage  and  Main,  where  Mrs.  Meinardi  now 
resides  (1928). 

Dr.  Lowey  Quitterfield  Newton  and  his  wife,  Catharine,  came  from  Ver- 
mont. They  had  one  son,  William,  who  married  1st,  Charlotte  Sandercock, 
and  2nd,  Lavinia  Langstaff . 

William  and  Charlotte  Newton  were  the  parents  of  the  following:  Lewey 
Newton,  born  July  7,  1867;  LeRoy  Newton,  Mabel  Newton  and  Charles 
(Charles  was  the  oldest). 

Lewey  Newton  married  Flora  Luther  July  1,  1891.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren: Ralph,  born  April  24,  1892,  married  September  30,  1924,  to  Holly  Carter, 
born  May  17,  1901,  and  Corinne,  born  March  14,  1894;  married  Glen  Bowstead 
April  1,  1917.     They  have  one  child,  Shirley,  born  October  13,  1921. 

LeRoy  Newton  married  Fannie  Parker,  sister  of  Mrs.  Acors  Rathbun, 
November  15,  1892.  To  them  were  born  three  children:  Frank  Quitterfield, 
born  November  1,  1893;  Doris  Charlotte,  born  October  19,  1896,  and  Elizabeth 
Honess,  born  November  8,  1900. 

Frank  Quitterfield  Newton  married  on  April  24,  1918,  Violet  Knapp, 
daughter  of  Helen  Haggerty  and  Joel  Carr  Knapp.  They  have  two  sons: 
Frank  Quitterfield  II,  born  August  25,  1921,  and  LeRoy,  born  April  20,  1924. 

Doris  Charlotte  Newton,  on  September  25,  1920,  married  Walter  Laing 
(born  in  Chicago).     They  have  one  child,  Jean,  born  September  23,  1923. 

Elizabeth  Honess  Newton  married  John  G.  Poehlmann,  of  Chicago,  June 
16,  1923.     No  children. 

NIND    (Nelson,  Ballou) 

«rOHN  NEWTON  NIND,  son  of  Benjamin  Nind  and  Sarah  Gardiner,  niece 
1|  of  Rev.  John  Newton,  was  born  July  31,  1800,  at  Peckham,  Surrey,  Eng- 
^  land.  He  married  Eliza  Barrett,  daughter  of  James  and  Jane  Barrett,  born 
February  17,  1824,  in  Saffron,  Walden,  Essex.  To  them  were  born  five  chil- 
dren: Myra,  born  March  10,  1825,  died  May  30,  1826;  Emma,  born  March  20, 
1826;  James  Gardiner,  born  November  2,  1827;  Frederick  Newton,  born  De- 
cember 11,  1828;  Sarah,  born  August  29,  1830. 

John  Newton  Nind  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  family  in  1845  and 
purchased  80  acres  of  land  in  Bloomingdale  township  in  DuPage  County,  which 
he  worked  for  sixteen  years.  Later  he  purchased  a  farm  in  North  Glen  Ellyn 
— the  house  now  standing  on  St.  Charles  Road,  occupied  by  the  M.  G.  Cheney 
family — where  he  lived  until  1875,  when  he  purchased  property  at  the  southeast 
corner  of  Main  and  Hawthorne  Streets,  where  he  resided  until  his  death. 

Emma  Nind  married  John  Lloyd  at  Bloomingdale  March  18,  1847.  She 
was  born  at  Bishops,  Stratford,  England.  Their  children:  William  Barrett, 
Eliza  Myra,  John  Newton  and  Clara.  At  marriage  she  and  her  husband 
established  their  home  in  St.  Charles,  Kane  County,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
manufacturing  until  his  death,  July  15,  1872.     In  1876  she  moved  to  Prospect 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  183 

Park  (now  Glen  Ellyn),  and  made  her  home  with  her  father  until  the  time  of 
his  death,  after  which  time  she  continued  to  reside  until  her  death  in  1912. 
Refer  to  Kane  County  records  for  account  of  her  family. 

Frederick  Newton  Nind  died  September  4,  1865.  Engaged  in  paper  mak- 
ing at  St.  Charles,  Illinois.  On  April  26,  1852,  he  married  Lucy  Annis  Sander- 
son, of  Massachusetts.  To  them  were  born  six  children  (see  Kane  County 
records):  Julia  Alberta,  Lillian  Eugenia,  Minnetta  Ruth,  Emmaretta  Randall, 
Nora  and  LeRoy  William. 

Of  the  grandchildren  of  John  Newton  Nind  we  shall  trace  only  Eliza 
Myra  Lloyd,  Lillian  Eugenia  Nind  and  Nora  Nind. 

Eliza  Myra  Lloyd,  born  May  5,  1850,  at  St.  Charles,  Illinois,  married 
George  William  Nelson  at  St.  Charles  November  13,  1873.  To  them  were  born 
the  following:  Clara,  Charles,  Clara  Mabel,  John  Lloyd,  George  Garfield  and 
Helen  Myra. 

Lillian  Eugenia  Nind,  born  February  26,  1855,  at  St.  Charles,  Illinois.  At 
the  death  of  her  father  in  1865,  she  came  to  Prospect  Park  (now  Glen  Ellyn) 
to  live  with  her  grandfather,  by  whom  she  was  later  adopted.  In  May,  1880, 
she  married  Augustus  Ballou.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children: 
Frederick  Herbert,  Mary  Ellen,  Wilbur  Newton,  Fannie  Lillian,  Burton 
Augustus,  Walter  LeRoy,  Josephine  Ladd  and  Robert  Allen.  Her  husband  was 
killed  in  a  railway  accident  in  Wheaton,  Illinois,  in  1892.  She  still  resides  in 
Wheaton. 

Nora  Nind,  born  April  22,  1862,  married  Dr.  J.  G.  De  Vere,  who  died  in 
July,  1906.  They  had  five  children:  Joseph  Nind,  John  Goodman,  Aubrey 
Lemont,  Thomas  Darwin  and  Eona. 

The  following  are  great-grandchildren  of  John  Newton  Nind  and  are  now 
living  in  Glen  Ellyn  with  their  families:  George  Garfield  Nelson,  Walter  LeRoy 
Ballou  and  Joseph  Nind  De  Vere. 

George  Garfield  Nelson,  born  September  11,  1881,  at  Wauwatosa,  Wiscon- 
sin, came  to  Glen  Ellyn  in  1903  and  married  Lillian  Marshall  September  1, 
1909,  in  Chicago,  Illinois.  To  them  were  born  two  children:  Robert  Marshall, 
born  January  15,  1911,  and  Evelyn  Lois,  born  October  14,  1914  (both  born  in 
Glen  Ellyn). 

Walter  LeRoy  Ballou,  born  at  Wheaton,  April  6,  1889,  married  Helen 
Arnold,  of  Glen  Ellyn,  June  22,  1918.  They  have  two  children:  Mary  Barbara, 
born  July  2,  1919,  and  Allan  Shepard,  born  April  27,  1923. 

Joseph  Nind  De  Vere,  born  in  Chicago,  November  20,  1892,  married  Jessie 
Camille  Lantz  at  Wilmette,  Illinois,  November  26,  1913.  Moved  to  Glen  Ellyn 
in  1914.     They  have  no  children. 

PATRICK 

ILBUR  KIRK  PATRICK  was  born  February  16,  1824,  in  Truxton,  Cort- 
land County,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Penelope  (Potter)  Patrick. 
The  paternal  ancestors  of  Mr.  Patrick  emigrated  from  Scotland  to  the 
north  of  Ireland  during  the  reign  of  James  I  and  thence  to  the  new  world — 
they  landed  in  New  York  in  1763.  His  father  was  born  in  Stillwater,  Saratoga 
County,  N.  Y.,  February  10,  1785.  Wilbur  Kirk  Patrick  came  west  and  settled 
on  the  Patrick  homestead  on  Swift  Road,  northeast  of  Glen  Ellyn,  in  1850, 
bringing  his  wife  whom  he  had  married  on  February  16,  1847,  in  Chenango 
County,  N.  Y.  She  was  Mary  Knowles,  born  June  17,  1827,  the  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Lovina  (Reynolds)  Knowles;  died  May  8,  1882.  To  them  were  born 
nine  children:  Delia,  wife  of  C.  B.  Field,  of  Freeport,  Illinois;  Ellen,  wife  of 
A.  E.  Hills,  of  Lombard  (one  of  whose  daughters  still  resides  there);  Mrs.  J. 
H.  Wright  (who  has  two  children,  Mary  Eleanor,  born  in  December,  1914,  and 
Kenneth  in  1921);  Florence,  Wilbur  Kirk,  Jr.  (married  Margaret  Evans,  of 
Lombard) ;  Frances,  Charles,  Abraham  L.  and  Jesse. 


184  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

The  homestead  is  now  occupied  by  Harry  Evans  Patrick,  son  of  Wilbur 
Kirk  Patrick,  Jr.,  and  Margaret  (Evans)  Patrick.  On  February  18,  1920,  he 
married  Alice  Elizabeth  Crisler,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  V.  Crisler 
(D.  A.  R.  No.  201098).  To  this  union  have  been  born  the  following:  Harry 
Evans,  Jr.,  born  October  30,  1921;  Frances  Elizabeth,  born  November  26,  1923; 
and  Wilbur  Crisler,  born  October  5,  1925. 

RATHBUN 

'JU  OWLAND,  son  of  Acors,  born  in  Stonington,  Connecticut,  January  25, 
i[\  1772,  and  Sarah  Peckman,  daughter  of  William  and  Mercy,  of  South 
C^  Kingston,  February  12,  1794;  she  was  born  in  South  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  November  28,  1777.  He  went  to  Oneida  County,  New  York,  from 
Richmond,  Rhode  Island,  in  1802.  Acors  was  the  son  of  Joshua,  who  was 
born  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  August  11,  1743,  married  in  Friends  meeting 
house  to  Sarah  Borden,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  October  30,  1766,  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Martha  Borden.  Joshua  was  a  seafaring  man,  died  of  yellow 
fever  at  sea.  Joshua,  the  son  of  Joshua,  the  son  of  Joshua  who  spelled  his 
name,  Rathbone,  but  entered  his  sons  in  the  Bible  as  "Rathbun."  He  is  des- 
cribed as  a  good  and  pious  man,  belonging  to  the  society  called  Friends.  He 
was  the  son  of  Rev.  Joshua,  son  of  John,  son  of  John,  son  of  John,  son  of 
Richard,  who  was  born  in  1574,  married  Marion  Whipple,  sister  of  Capt.  John 
Whipple,  who  mentions  her  in  his  will  made  at  Ipswich,  Essex  County,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

It  is  interesting  to  know  that  John,  the  son  of  John,  was  one  of  those 
who  on  the  17th  of  August,  1660,  met  at  the  house  of  John  Alcock,  M.  D.,  in 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  to  confer  about  the  purchase  of  Block  Island.  In 
1664  his  name  was  presented  to  the  Rhode  Island  General  Assembly  for  ad- 
mission as  a  freeman.  In  1683  he  was  a  representative  in  the  Rhode  Island 
General  Assembly.  In  1688  he  was  a  member  of  the  Grand  Jury  of  Rhode 
Island.  He  died  a  wealthy  man.  His  grandson,  the  Rev.  Joshua,  married 
Martha  Card,  the  daughter  of  Job  and  Martha  Acres  Card.  The  name  Acres 
appearing  in  the  family  for  the  first  time  in  1668,  later  recurring  often  as 
"Acors."  Also  in  the  next  generation  we  find  that  the  son  Joshua,  of  Rev. 
Joshua,  married  Dorcas  Wells  and  in  the  next  generation  we  find  a  "Wells" 
the  fifth  child  and  a  Rowland  the  thirteenth  child.  These  names  are  in  use 
today  in  the  Rathbun  family,  also  the  names  Richard  and  John  appear  in 
nearly  every  alternate  generation  back  to  the  very  first  Richard  John  in  this 
country. 

Rowland  Rathbun  was  the  pioneer's  name  in  DuPage  County.  He  was 
born  in  Verona,  Oneida  County,  New  York,  August  17,  1817,  married  Eliza  A. 
Mosely  January  5,  1841  in  Verona,  New  York.  She  was  born  in  Rensselaer 
County  March  16,  1821.  In  June,  1845,  Mr.  Rathbun  and  family,  then  con- 
sisting of  wife  and  two  children,  left  Rathbunville  of  the  township  of  Verona, 
New  York,  and  came  to  Illinois,  settling  on  section  26,  Bloomingdale  township, 
DuPage  County. 

In  1850  he  buried  his  wife,  who  left  four  children:  Joshua,  born  January 
22,  1842;  Cornelia  A.  (Mrs.  Geo.  Meacham),  born  May  22,  1844;  Josephine  E. 
(Mrs.  Henry  Pierce),  born  April  11,  1847;  George  R.,  born  August  28,  1850. 
He  married  Hattie  E.  Way  April  15,  1873  and  engaged  in  farming  in  Milton 
township. 

Rowland  Rathbun  married  for  his  second  wife  Mrs.  Harriet  B.  Bates  (nee 
Mosely),  of  Aurora,  October  26,  1851.  She  was  born  in  Rome,  Oneida  County, 
New  York,  September  15,  1829;  she  died  in  July,  1859.  There  was  one  child 
of  this  union:  Eliza  A.,  born  November  6,  1853,  died  November,  1860. 

He  married  the  third  time  to  Josephine  E.  Smith,  October  17,  1860.  She 
was  born  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  April  7,  1837.  Her  children  were:  Acors  W., 
born  December  7,  1862  (married  Anna  L.  Parker,  October  14,  1886);  Sarah  A., 
born  December  14,   1866    (married  Ezra  Gould,   Elgin);   Carrie  D.,  born  No- 


THE  STOKY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  185 

vember  28,  1870  (married  Robt.  H.  Patch);  John  K.,  born  October  18,  1872 
(married  Amanda  L.  Thiesse);  Richard  O.,  born  November  1,  1874;  Warren 
Grant,  born  December  19,  1879. 

His  son,  Acors,  who  married  Anna  L.  Parker,  of  Chicago,  resides  on  the 
corner  of  Cottage  and  Main  Streets  in  Glen  Ellyn.  Anna  L.  Parker  was  born 
of  parents  who  came  from  England  as  children.     Their  children  are: 

1.  Irene  Louise,  born  July  24,  1887,  at  Glen  Ellyn  (then  Prospect  Park), 
married,  August  14,  1915,  Hugh  Bradshaw,  son  of  Grace  Lorell  and  Francis 
Marian  Bradshaw.  They  have  three  children:  Jane  Louise,  born  June  12,  1916; 
Hamilton,  born  December  28,  1917  (both  born  in  Manila,  Philippine  Islands), 
and  Earl  Rathbun,  born  June  8,  1923. 

2.  Acors  Earl,  born  May  18,  1889  at  River  Forest,  Cook  County,  Illinois. 

3.  Harry  Rowland,  born  July  13,  1896,  married  Allegra  Schuler  August 
28,  1928,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Schuler,  at  Farmington,  Illinois. 

4.  Rowland,  born  October  25,  1901. 

Rowland  Rathbun's  daughter,  Sarah,  married  Ezra  Gould  and  resides 
in  Elgin.  She  has  three  children:  Carrie  Delia,  who  married  Robert  H.  Patch, 
Jr.,  December  11,  1890;  lives  on  Cottage  Avenue,  Glen  Ellyn.  They  had  four 
daughters:  Roberta  Dela,  born  September  20,  1891,  died  September  21,  1899; 
Josephine  Louise,  born  July  31,  1893;  Mildred  Grace,  born  July  26,  1899,  and 
Ulilla  Moore,  born  June  15,  1904,  died  May  5,  1926.  Josephine  Louise  Patch, 
on  October  7,  1925,  married  Logan  Grant  Dunham,  born  in  Cherry  Valley, 
Illinois,  January  18,  1888.  They  have  two  children:  Ulilla  Caroline,  born 
September  18,  1926,  and  Roberta  Mildred,  born  April  18,  1928.  Mildred  Grace 
Patch,  on  May  14,  1924,  married  Thomas  Edward  Mulligan  from  West  Chicago, 
Illinois.     They  have  one  child:  Thomas  Edward,  Jr.,  born  May  27,  1927. 

John  K.  Rathbun  lives  on  the  farm.  He  married,  December  2,  1900, 
John  R.  Rathbun  lives  on  the  farm.  He  married,  December  2,  1900, 
Amanda  L.  Thiesse,  born  February  10,  1879,  daughter  of  Louie  Thiesse,  resid- 
ing in  Bloomingdale  township.  They  have  four  children:  Louie  E.,  born  March 
26,  1903;  Wells  A.,  born  January  5,  1905;  Annie  D.,  born  December  7,  1907, 
and  Richard  P.,  born  October  21,  1911. 

Louie  Rathbun,  son  of  John,  married  Amy  Gathmann  November  14. 


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STACY 

OSES  STACY  was  born  at  Belchertown,  Hampshire  County,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1796.  His  father,  also  Moses  Stacy,  a  native  of  Massachusetts, 
was  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  During  the  Revolution  he  was  a  prisoner 
in  Old  Mill  Prison,  in  Plymouth,  England,  having  been  on  board  the  schooner, 
Hawks'  Prize,  taken  September  18,  1777,  committed  October  16.  His  name  is 
listed  from  Marblehead,  Massachusetts. 

Moses  Stacy,  the  son,  was  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812,  guarding  the 
Canadian  border  at  Colbrook,  New  Hampshire.  Joan  Kimball,  his  wife,  was 
a  lineal  descendant  through  her  mother  of  General  Joseph  Warren,  the  hero  of 
Bunker  Hill. 

The  Stacys  came  round  the  lakes  from  New  York  in  a  sailing  vessel  in 
1835,  settling  in  DuPage  Center.  Here  Moses  Stacy  built  a  log  cabin,  and 
lived  there  till  he  built  the  tavern  in  1837.  He  took  up  land  from  the  govern- 
ment, paying  $1.25  an  acre  for  it.  Later  he  bought  more  land,  so  that  at  the 
time  of  his  death  he  owned  300  acres.  The  settlement  became  known  as 
Stacy's  Corners. 

Mr.  Stacy,  besides  conducting  his  tavern,  assisted  in  organizing  the  county 
and  developing  the  township  into  school  districts.  He  passed  away  in  1870  at 
the  age  of  74  years. 


186  THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

His  youngest  son,  Philo  Warren  Stacy,  was  2V2  years  old  when  he  came 
with  his  parents  to  DuPage  Center.  He  went  to  school  in  the  old  log  school 
house  and  was  sent  to  Vermont  to  finish  his  education.  On  February  22,  1853, 
he  married  Betsy  D.  Taylor,  who  was  born  in  Tioga  County,  New  York,  May 
20,  1834,  the  daughter  of  Rev.  Philander  and  Thankful  (Manning)  Taylor.  The 
Taylors  were  from  Vermont  and  the  Mannings  from  Tioga  County,  New  York. 
Rev.  Philander  Taylor  was  a  Baptist  minister  who  came  to  Illinois  in  1844; 
about  1846  he  located  at  Stacy's  Corners,  and  preached  in  the  old  Baptist 
church;  the  first  settled  minister  of  the  settlement. 

Philo  Warren  Stacy  became  a  farmer  like  his  father  before  him,  owning 
500  acres  of  rich  farming  land.  He  was  very  public  spirited  and  held  many 
public  offices.  He  was  much  interested  in  beautifying  Glen  Ellyn  and  was 
active  in  developing  the  lake  and  park.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Civil  War 
and  it  was  through  his  efforts  that  the  bronze  tablets  were  placed  in  the 
Wheaton  Court  House  with  the  names  of  the  soldiers  of  the  counties  who 
served  in  the  different  wars. 

The  old  North  Western  station  stood  on  Main  Street,  just  south  of  the 
present  little  park  where  the  cannon  balls  and  drinking  fountain  now  are.  It 
was  a  ramshackle  old  wooden  building  with  a  good-sized  waiting  room,  whose 
chief  decoration  was  an  immense  rusty,  iron  stove.  Early  one  morning,  in 
one  of  the  first  months  we  lived  here,  when  the  old  room  was  filled  with  people 
waiting  for  a  train,  an  old  man  came  in  with  a  huge  bouquet  of  lovely  flowers. 
He  stepped  around  and  handed  each  lady  a  beautiful  flower.  This  was  my  first 
acquaintance  with  Mr.  Philo  Stacy,  though  at  the  time  I  didn't  know  who  he 
was. 

Mr.  Stacy  and  his  wife,  Betsy,  gave  the  village  the  first  and  only  park 
which  has  been  presented  to  it  by  one  of  its  citizens.  They  gave  the  tri- 
angular tract  of  six  acres  at  the  Five  Corners  on  May  9,  1891.  It  is  called 
Stacy  Park  and  is  marked  by  a  boulder  placed  by  the  D.  A.  R. 

Their  home  was  the  large,  beautiful  house  on  North  Main  Street,  now 
occupied  by  the  Albert  McCollums. 

Miss  Carrie  Stacy,  the  only  remaining  child,  died  a  few  years  ago,  so  none 
of  the  Stacy  line  is  left  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

STOLP 

rjrTREDERICK  STOLP,  born  in  Claverick,  New  York,  November  11,  1781, 
1J1   the  son  of  Peter,  who  served  in  the  American  Revolution  and  whose  grave 

is  marked  by  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution.  He  (Frederick) 
went  to  Putneyville,  New  York,  where  he  and  his  father-in-law,  Abraham 
Pepper,  Sr.,  purchased  a  farm  in  1827  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Ontario.  One 
year  later  Stolp  bought  out  his  father-in-law. 

Frederick's  wife's  name  was  Jannetje.  Her  father  had  come  from  Europe 
with  substantial  possessions  as  well  as  $5000  in  gold. 

In  1833  the  Stolps'  came  west  with  their  large  family:  Catherine  W.,  born 
1814,  married  1st,  David  Crane,  2nd,  Edward  Calloway;  Abraham  F.,  born 
1816,  married  Roxanna  Thatcher;  Eliza,  born  1819,  married  Addison  Albee; 
James  B.,  born  1820,  married  1st,  Matilda  Bentley,  2nd,  Mary  Christie;  George 
W.,  born  1824,  married  Mary  Hughes;  Frederick,  born  1826,  unmarried; 
William  R.,  born  1828,  married  Lucy  Kinley;  Charles  W.,  born  1831,  married 
Sarah  Bristol;  Henry  P.,  born  1833,  married  1st,  Anne  Woodman,  2nd,  Lydia 
Farnsworth. 

Frederick  Stolp  looked  for  a  site  in  DuPage  County  suitable  for  brick 
making,  and  found  one  near  what  is  now  Eola.  His  brickmaker  was  Simeon 
Leech. 

For  further  information  of  the  Stolp  family  refer  to  DuPage  and  Kane 
County  records. 


THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  187 

WAGNER 

ILLIAM  H.  WAGNER  located  at  Newton's  Station  in  1852.     He  was  a 
son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  A.    (Hoffman)   Wagner.     His  paternal  grand- 
father, Tobias  Wagner,  was  a  soldier  of  the  War  of  1812.     The  latter 
was   the   eldest  son  of  Rev.    Christian  Wagner,   a  native   of   Germany,   who 
preached  the  first  sermon  ever  delivered  by  a  Lutheran  minister  in  Philadel- 
phia.    He  was  afterwards  killed  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

Joseph  and  Mary  A.  (Hoffman)  Wagner  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
born  near  Hamburg,  Berks  County,  Pennsylvania:  John,  born  in  1828;  William 
H.,  born  in  1829,  and  Matthias  H.,  born  in  1832,  all  came  to  Danby  to  live. 
There  were  eight  Wagner  brothers  living  here  at  one  time,  three  of  whom  were 
married  to  three  Weidman  sisters.  The  children  of  Joseph  and  Mary  A. 
(Hoffman)  Wagner  were:  John,  William  H.  (married  Lavina  Weidman),  Mary 
(married  W.  O.  Watts,  resided  and  died  in  Louisville,  Kentucky,  where  all  their 
children  were  born  and  reside),  Matthias  (married  Jane  Bryant),  Joseph 
(married  Elizabeth  Bryant),  Elias  (married  Susan  Weidman),  Sylvester  (mar- 
ried Clara  Staugh),  Alamandus  (married  Ellen  Lambert),  and  Jackson  (mar- 
ried Caroline  Weidman). 

William  H.  Wagner  and  Lavina  Weidman  Wagner  were  the  parents  of 
Sarazina  (died  at  14  years),  Mary  Susan  (married  John  Hubley;  reside  at 
Marinette,  Wisconsin),  Donas  Nora  (married  Edson  Harden;  reside  at  Bar- 
rington,  Illinois),  Lillian  (married  James  Peaslee  and  resides  at  Marinette, 
Wisconsin),  Charles  (died  at  age  of  12  years),  William  J.,  Frank  M.  (married 
1st,  Alice  M.  Barnard,  died  1926;  married  2nd,  Maude  Christian,  June  30,  1928), 
John  Calvin  (married  Amelia  Laura  Laier,  1906),  Guy  Watts  (married  1st, 
Mabel  Standish;  2nd,  Blanche  Thomas),  Florence  (married  Geo.  Babcock). 

Joseph  H.  Wagner  and  Elizabeth  Bryant  Wagner  have  one  child,  Samuel 
Tilden  Wagner,  who  is  married  and  resides  on  Anthony  Street.  He  is  in  the 
decorating  business. 

Sylvester  remained  a  bachelor  for  several  years  and  then  married  Clara 
Staugh  and  they  resided  on  the  Wagner  farm  south  of  Glen  Ellyn,  on  Roosevelt 
Road,  where  their  son,  John  and  family,  now  reside. 

Alamandus  Wagner  and  Ellen  Lambert  Wagner  were  the  parents  of  four 
daughters  and  one  son:  Anna  Josephine  (married  C.  M.  Gauger),  Mattie  May 
(married  Dr.  W.  C.  Galbraith),  V.  Alamandus  (married  Rose  Haag,  of  Glen 
Ellyn),  Elizabeth  (married  Thomas  Galbraith,  V.  S.,  of  Elmhurst),  and  Lucy 
(married  Henry  Morrell  at  DeKalb). 

Jackson  J.  Wagner  and  Caroline  Weidman  Wagner  were  the  parents  of 
the  following:  Violet  A.  (married  John  Benjamin),  Harvey  S.  (married  Selma 
Given;  reside  in  Elmhurst),  E.  Stanley  (married  Gertrude  Dodge),  Carrie 
(maiden,  residing  in  Glen  Ellyn),  Jesse  R.  (married  Anna  Sebald),  George  C, 
Nellie  (married  Peter  Backmann),  Ethel  E,  Pearl  M.,  and  Grace  E.  (married 
Von  Hollinger). 

Frank  M.  Wagner,  born  October  27,  1866,  married  Alice  M.  Barnard  June 
14,  1893.  To  them  were  born  two  sons:  Richard,  born  July  19,  1901,  and 
Franklyn,  born  June  22,  1905  (married  Frances  M.  Cromer,  of  West  Chicago, 
at  Chicago,  December  23,  1927).  Alice  M.  Wagner  died  and  Frank  M. 
Wagner  married  2nd,  Maude  Christian,  at  Sycamore,  Illinois,  June  30,  1928. 
She  is  a  daughter  of  George  Vining  and  Sarah  Antoinette  Christian.  Reside 
in  Glen  Ellyn.     Mr.  Wagner  was  for  many  years  in  the  grocery  business  here. 

John  Calvin  Wagner,  born  June  12,  1871,  married  Amelia  Laura  Laier  in 
1906.  They  have  two  sons:  William  J.,  born  May  25,  1911,  and  John  Calvin, 
Jr.,  born  October  28,  1913.  This  family  are  now  (December,  1928)  enroute  by 
auto  to  Tuscon,  Arizona,  to  make  their  future  home. 

Dr.  Guy  Watts  Wagner  (M.  D.  Northwestern  Medical  School)  and  Mabel 
Standish  Wagner,  had  one  daughter,  Margaret.     Mrs.  Wagner  died  and  Dr. 


188  THE  STOBY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 

Wagner  married  2nd,  Blanche  Thomas.  There  is  one  child  of  this  marriage, 
Helen  Ethel,  born  in  November,  1928. 

Florence  Wagner  Babcock  and  George  Babcock  resided  in  Wheaton.  Mrs. 
Babcock  is  deceased.  Their  children  are:  Iona  Lucille,  born  April  5,  1895, 
married  Roy  W.  Lindahl;  Edith  Lovina,  born  January  14,  1898,  married  Karl 
W.  Kletschke;  Florence  Bernice,  born  January  17,  1903,  married  Harry  S. 
Christianson;  Helen  Louise,  born  July  20,  1905;  and  George  Fuller,  born 
December  22,  1907. 

Anna  Josephine  (Wagner)  Gauger  and  C.  M.  Gauger  reside  in  Wheaton, 
Illinois,  and  have  the  following  children:  Walter,  married  Laura  Trenn,  resides 
in  Elmhurst,  has  two  sons,  Wilfred  and  Wesley;  Lucius  O.,  married  Dorothy 
Neumann,  has  one  child,  Doris  Lou,  resides  in  Wheaton;  Ethel,  married  Harry 
Durant,  editor  of  Wheaton  Illinoian,  they  have  two  children,  Charles  and 
Annetta. 

Mattie  May  (Wagner)  Galbraith  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Galbraith  reside  in  Guelph, 
Ontario,  Canada,  and  have  two  sons,  Harland  and  William  Alamandus  (each 
is  married  and  has  a  daughter). 

Valentine  Alamandus  Wagner  married  Rose  Haag,  of  Glen  Ellyn.  They 
reside  in  Wheaton.  Their  children  are:  Corinne  (married  Charles  Alderton, 
West  Chicago),  Raymond  (married  Bernice  Lindgren,  of  Glen  Ellyn),  Ruth 
(married  Alois  Tholman,  of  Lombard),  and  Ralph. 

Elizabeth  (Wagner)  Galbraith  and  Thomas  Galbraith,  veterinary  surgeon, 
reside  in  Elmhurst.  They  have  two  sons:  Earl,  married,  and  Allison,  not 
married. 

Lucy  (Wagner)  Morrell  and  Henry  Morrell  reside  in  DeKalb.  Mr.  Morrell 
is  dead.  Mrs.  Morrell's  mother,  Mrs.  Alamandus  Wagner  (Ellen  Lambert), 
makes  her  home  with  her.     The  Morrells  had  no  children. 

Violet  A.  (Wagner)  Benjamin  and  John  Benjamin  reside  in  West  Chicago. 
They  have  one  daughter,  Ellen. 

E.  Stanley  Wagner  and  Gertrude  Dodge  Wagner  reside  in  Chicago.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Marjorie  Gertrude,  born  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

Jesse  R.  Wagner,  born  May  19,  1882,  and  Anna  Sebald  Wagner,  born 
October  23,  1887,  reside  in  Glen  Ellyn.  Jesse  R.  Wagner  has  for  many  years 
been  village  clerk  of  Glen  Ellyn.  Jesse  R.  and  Anna  Sebald  Wagner  were 
married  October  25,  1910.  They  have  six  children:  Jesse,  Jr.,  born  July  17, 
1913;  Jane  Ruth,  born  October  28,  1915;  Anna  Marion,  born  January  15,  1918; 
Helen  Margaret,  born  May  20,  1921;  James  Douglas,  born  August  1,  1924,  and 
Donald  Stanley,  born  December  19,  1925. 

Nellie  (Wagner)  Backmann  and  Peter  Backmann  now  reside  in  Mt. 
Morris,  Illinois.  They  have  three  daughters,  all  born  in  Glen  Ellyn:  Caroline, 
Irene  and  June. 

Grace  E.  (Wagner)  Hollinger  and  Von  Hollinger  reside  in  Glen  Ellyn. 
She  was  born  July  12,  1895  and  married  Von  Hollinger  December  31,  1921. 
They  have  three  children:  Robert  Edwin,  born  June  13,  1923;  Marie  Adelle, 
born  September  1,  1926,  and  James  Arthur,  born  November  17,  1928. 

Iona  Lucille  (Babcock)  (father's  family  in  Chesterton,  Indiana),  married 
Roy  W.  Lindahl  June  17,  1922.  They  reside  in  Glen  Ellyn  and  have  two 
children:  Wesley  Babcock,  born  September  10,  1923,  and  Lois  Lucille,  born 
January  11,  1924. 

Edith  Lovina  Babcock  married  Karl  W.  Kletschke  March  4,  1918,  at  Clin- 
ton, Iowa.  They  have  one  child,  Carlton  Frederick,  born  January  2,  1928,  in 
Chicago,  Illinois.     They  now  reside  in  iSpringfield,  Illinois. 

Florence  Bernice  Babcock  married  Harry  S.  Christianson  June  14,  1923. 
They  live  in  Wheaton — have  no  children. 

Helen  Louise  Babcock  lives  with  Mrs.  Lindahl  and  George  Fuller  Babcock 
lives  with  Mrs.  Christianson. 


THE  STOEY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN  189 

And  so  we  find  in  Glen  Ellyn  and  vicinity  the  following  names  that  go  back 
to  the  Wagners,  Christianson,  Lindahl,  Hollinger,  Benjamin,  Gauger,  Babcock 
and  Galbraith — this  includes  the  towns  of  West  Chicago,  Wheaton  and  Elm- 
hurst. 

The  reason  William  H.  Wagner  is  spoken  of  first  in  this  geneology  is  that 
he  was  for  over  forty  years  in  the  blacksmithing  business  on  Pennsylvania 
Avenue,  and  so  was  identified  more  or  less  prominently  with  civic  and  business 
affairs  of  the  town. 

WEIDMAN 

CffOHN  WEIDMAN  and  Mary  Irwin  Weidman,  his  wife,  came  to  Danby  in 
11  1854  from  Hamburg,  Berks  County,  Pennsylvania.  Their  children  were: 
£s  Ella,  Irwin,  Clara,  Valeria,  Emma  Jane,  Robert  Curry,  Rose,  John  Welling- 
ton and  Fannie.  Ella  married  William  Freeto  (deceased)  and  they  had  two 
sons,  William  Freeto  and  Edwin  Freeto;  she  is  now  married  to  E.  C.  Rickert 
and  lives  in  Naperville.  Irwin  married  Emma  Roe  and  they  have  one  child, 
William  Roe  Weidman;  Clara  married  Wm.  C.  Curtis  and  they  have  two  chil- 
dren, Jennie  Curtis  Reed  and  Elbert  C.  Curtis;  Valeria  unmarried,  deceased; 
Emma  Jane  (deceased)  married  Charles  Edward  Clare  and  they  had  three 
children,  Eva  May  Clare,  William  Henry  Clare  and  Margery  Clare  Cole;  Robert 
Curry,  unmarried;  Rose,  unmarried;  John  Wellington,  unmarried;  Fannie 
married  O.  D.  Dodge  and  they  had  one  child,  Douglas  Raymond  Dodge  (de- 
ceased). 

Descendants  living  in  Glen  Ellyn  are:  Rose  Weidman,  Fannie  Weidman 
Dodge,  Eva  May  Clare,  Margery  Clare  Cole,  who  married  Fred  Smith  Cole, 
and  their  three  children:  Adele,  born  June  13,  1920;  David  Fred,  born  Novem- 
ber 22,  1922;  Gordon  Clare,  born  June  22,  1925. 

William  Henry  Clare,  son  of  Emma  Weidman  Clare  and  C.  E.  Clare,  born 
in  Glen  Ellyn,  married  Claire  Unger  and  lives  in  Oak  Park.  They  have  two 
children:  Anita  Jane,  born  July  5,  1915;  Adine,  born  December  16,  1916. 

"WIMPRESS"— See  Churchill 


190  THE  STORY  OF  AN  OLD  TOWN— GLEN  ELLYN 


1928  Babies 

JANUARY 

Catarina  Guinta,  born  January  6,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Salvatore  Guinta, 

480  Western  Avenue. 
Harold  Lewis  Bailey,  born  January  11,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenneth  Robert 

Bailey,  733  Prairie  Avenue. 
Howard  LaVerne  Bruning,  born  January  15,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Bruning, 

743  Western  Avenue. 
David  Allen  Jellies,  born  January  26,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harvey  Jellies,  765 

Euclid  Avenue. 
Nancy  Kumler,  born  January  28,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  M.  Kumler, 

629  Park  Boulevard. 
Mary  Winifred  Fairbank,  born  January  29,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 

Fairbank,  486  Anthony  Street. 

FEBRUARY 

Robert  Harvey  Blackburn,  born  February  16,   son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman 

Blackburn,  246  Hill  Avenue. 
Bruce   Howard   McCormick,   born  February  20,   son   of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   F.   H. 

McCormick,  586  Phillips  Avenue. 

MARCH 

Kathryn  Elmore  Miller,  born  March  13,   daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herman 

Miller,  661  Prairie  Avenue. 
Laurence  Edward  Santchi,  born  March  15,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raymond  E. 

Santchi,  Harding  Avenue. 
Lawrence  Harvey  Koehn,  born  March  19,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fredrick  Koehn, 

442  Bryant  Avenue. 
Herman  Ludwig  Rignalda,  born  March  20,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Rignalda, 

629  Kenilworth  Avenue. 
Jacqueline  Michaud  Keeney,  born  March  27,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Russell 

Keeney,  482  Cottage  Avenue. 

APRIL 

Alicia  Russell  Olmsted,  born  April  5,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Olmsted, 

North  Euclid  Avenue. 
John  Harold  Cross,  born  April  6,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Cross,  625  Davis 

Terrace. 
Thomas  Edward  Maisel.  born  April  12,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tom  Maisel,  211 

Hill  Avenue. 
Daryle  Bentley  Conway,   born  April  16,   son  of  Mr.   and  Mrs.   Carl  Conway, 

South  Park  Boulevard. 
Fred  Waterman  Farley,  born  April  16,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Earl  Farley,  739 

Forest  Avenue. 


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Roberta   Mildred  Dunham,   born   April   18,   daughter  of  Mr.   and   Mrs.   L.  G. 

Dunham,  701  Kenilworth  Avenue. 
Charles  Jacob  Gantzer,  born  April  27,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  J.  Gantzer, 

481  Cottage  Avenue. 
Dolores  Hoppe,  born  April  30,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anthony  J.  Hoppe, 

755  East  Elm  Street. 

MAY 

Marilyn   Louise   Langeloh,   born   May   5,    daughter   of   Mr.   and   Mrs.    Arthur 

Langeloh,  579  Newton  Avenue. 
Kathleen  Mary  Fell,  born  May  6,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  H.  Fell, 

465  Anthony  Street. 
Thomas  Wayne  Bender,  born  May  12,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Russell  T.  Bender, 

379  Park  Boulevard. 
Delmer  R.  Funk,  Jr.,  born  May  21,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  R.  Funk. 

JUNE 

Bud  Homer,  born  June  14,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Homer,  236  Travers 

Avenue. 
Rose  Mary  Kloeckner,  born  June  18,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Kloeck- 

ner,  306  Grandview  Avenue. 
John  Dean  Stroud,  born  June  18,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  V.  Stroud,  367  Hillside 

Avenue. 
Agnes  Marie  Tierney,  born  June  18,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  W.  Tierney, 

727  Park  Boulevard. 
William  Robert  Tansley,  born  June  19,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Tansley, 

Jr.,  659  Kenilworth  Avenue. 
Colin  Edward  Locke,  born  June  21,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Locke,  St. 

Charles  Road. 
Charles  Boyd  Rowe,  born  June  27,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  C.  Rowe,  220  Newton 

Avenue. 

JULY 

Ralph  Harold  Weber,  born  July  4,   son  of  Mr.   and   Mrs.   E.   F.  Weber,   355 

Anthony  Street 
Edith  Marian  Patch,  born  July  10,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  Patch,  Jr., 

North  Main  Street. 
John  Frederick  Foster,  born  July  12,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  A.  Foster,  277 

Newton  Avenue. 
George  Hogge  Allen,  born  July  16,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alex  Allen,  306  Hill. 
Marietta  McDonnell,  born  July  27,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  McDonnell, 

386  Main  Street. 

AUGUST 

Henry  Willard  Michel,  born  August  1,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  O.  Michel, 

556  Newton  Avenue. 
Harold  Prichard,  Jr.,  born  August  2,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harold  Prichard, 

546  Forest  Avenue. 
Betty  Ann  Clegg,  born  August  6,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  E.  Clegg, 

581  Prairie  Avenue. 
Jacqueline  Visey  Snyder,  born  August  6,  in  Rockford,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

Harold  B.  Snyder,  381  Marion  Avenue. 
Frank  Phillip  Meisner,  born  August  7,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.   A.  J.   Meisner, 

790  Highview  Avenue. 


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Martha  Ann  Clawson,  born  August  8,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  Dudley 

Clawson,  775  Main  Street. 
Barbara  Louise  Zollinger,  born  August  15,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  R. 

Zollinger,  577  Prairie. 
Walle  Marie  Staudenmaier,  born  August  17,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 

Staudenmaier,  427  Main  Street. 
Charlene  Mary  Erickson,  born  Auguust  20,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles 

Erickson,  420  Forest  Avenue. 
Donald  Nicholas  Dieter,  born  August  21,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nicholas  Dieter, 

408  Pennsylvania  Avenue. 

SEPTEMBER 

Paula  Therese  Victor,  born  September  5,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephen  P. 

Victor,  200  Park  Blvd. 
William  Frank  Shawl,  born  September  6,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Shawl, 

413  Main  Street. 
Delores  Ruth  Oldenburg,  born  September  14,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ernest 

Oldenburg,  520  Bryant  Avenue. 
Omond  Childs,  born  September  20,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  W.  Childs, 

459  Cottage  Avenue. 
Jane  Isabelle  Bonde,  born  September  23,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  A.  Bonde, 

593  Prairie  Avenue. 

OCTOBER 

Bruce  Robinson  Bodell,  born  October  11,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mark  Bodell, 

274  Forest  Avenue. 
Kathryn  Ruth  Hine,  born  October  11,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clint  C.  Hine, 

213  Forest  Avenue. 
Barbara  Jean  Coburn,  born  October  12,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Archie  T. 

Coburn,  208  Park  Boulevard. 
Shirley  Joyce  Klein,  born  October  14,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marshall  Klein, 

777  Pleasant  Avenue. 
Lois    Joyce    Hagman,    born    October    17,    daughter    of   Mr.    and    Mrs.    Milton 

Hagman,  432  Arlington  Avenue. 
Mary  Lou  Wanner,  born  October  17,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arthur  Wanner, 

Merton  Avenue. 
Geraldine  Josephine  Klein,  bora  October  22,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William 

S.  Klein,  213  Forest  Avenue. 
Helen  Rita  Murphy,  bora  October  25,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  J. 

Murphy,  641  Kenilworth  Avenue. 

NOVEMBER 

Shirley  Anne  Lord,  born  November  6,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  M. 

Lord,  440  Cottage  Avenue. 
June  Anne  Overend,  born  November  23,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  J. 

Overend,  610  Elm  Street. 

DECEMBER 

Margaret  Dorothy  Louise  Tauber,  born  December  3,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

C.  G.  Tauber,  434  Main  Street. 
Richard  John  Thiele,  bora  December  10,  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robert  E.  Thiele, 

291  Hawthorne  Street. 


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ADDENDA 

Some  items  which  escaped  in  the  general  rush  and  hurry  of  going  to  press 
and  getting  printed  before  Christmas,  and  some  that  came  in  too  late  to  be 
placed  in  their  regular  positions.  But,  in  history,  as  elsewhere — better  late 
than  never: 

In  January,  1918,  occurred  the  last  great  blizzard  that  tied  the  town  up  in 
a  snowball.  Trains  were  stalled,  many  commuters  spent  the  night  in  Chicago 
or  in  Maywood,  by  necessity,  some  on  the  trains.  The  tie-up  lasted  for  three 
days.  In  the  village,  sidewalks  were  impassable,  the  streets  were  kept  open 
by  four-horse  teams  dragging  plows  through  them.  The  snow  lay  for  weeks, 
making  passage  difficult.  This  was  a  real  winter,  in  the  light  of  later  mild 
ones,  to  be  long  remembered. 

Dr.  Carr  started  practicing  dentistry  in  1923. 

Glen  Ellyn  Lodge,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose,  started  August,  1926,  with  100 
charter  members  and  Jack  W.  Young,  dictator. 

Dr.  Standish  started  practicing  in  May,  1926. 

Mrs.  Alice  Olmsted  has  charge  of  the  Noglelca  Camp  Fire  in  North  Glen 
Ellyn,  Miss  Alice  Kellogg  is  her  assistant.  Miss  Gladys  Fuller  has  charge  of 
the  Akiyuhapi  Camp  Fire  group  in  Glen  Ellyn. 

Mrs.  O.  R.  Nelson  has  charge  of  the  North  Glen  Ellyn  Blue  Birds. 

In  1925  the  Junior  Scouts,  boys  from  6  to  12,  were  started  in  North  Glen 
Ellyn  by  W.  H.  Smart.  They  are  now  in  charge  of  Frank  A.  Bell,  principal 
at  Forest  Glen  School. 


Crescent  Boulevard  Business 

This  is  a  "before  and  after"  picture.  At  the  extreme  left  is  the  type  of 
building  with  which  Crescent  grew  up.  Next  to  it  is  the  Miller  Bros,  building, 
which  formerly  was  like  its  neighbor  on  the  left,  but  was  remodelled  on  plans 
by  Louis  R.  Christie,  to  present  the  desirable  Old  English  type  of  architecture 
which  the  plan  commission  and  the  zoning  board  of  appeals  have  recommended 
for  the  business  development  of  the  village  in  order  to  do  away  with  the  old 
"flat  tops"  and  secure  a  uniformly  lovely  district  architecturally.  Miller 
Brothers,  in  their  remodelling,  followed  the  example  of  the  theatre  next  door 
on  the  right  which  occupies  the  spot  long  unadorned  by  the  old  Nadelhoffer 
livery  stable.  Plans  originally  drawn  for  the  playhouse  were  changed  by  the 
builders,  Messrs.  Hoy,  Hadley  and  Spalding,  to  conform  to  the  village  plan. 
Betts  and  Holcomb  were  the  architects  who  produced  this  effect. 


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The  Forest  Preserve,  after  some  years  of  agitation,  originated  by  the 
Izaak  Walton  League,  with  Jesse  Wagner  principal  spokesman  for  it,  finally 
was  passed  by  the  board  of  supervisors.  The  tract  comprises  about  800  acres, 
starting  a  little  east  of  the  Jacob  Pratt  home  on  Crescent,  running  to  about 
100  feet  east  of  the  bridge,  leaving  out  the  old  Barnard  home  on  Crescent 
Blvd.,  taking  in  the  pasture  land  and  wooded  section  of  the  old  W.  H.  Churchill 
farm,  through  to  the  St.  Charles  Road  and  back  across  again  to  the  point  of 
beginning. 

It  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the  state's  attorney  who  has  been  directed  to 
secure  the  titles  and  get  the  various  parcels  of  land  involved  into  legal  shape 
for  transfer  to  the  county.  The  board  of  supervisors  is  ready  to  pay  the  bill 
for  the  preserve,  so  it  ought  to  become  an  accomplished  fact  before  many 
more  months  roll  away. 

There  are  2,195  telephones  in  service  in  the  village,  with  21  telephone 
operators  presiding  over  them. 

Mrs.  L.  A.  MacKenzie  is  now  the  proud  owner  of  the  hoary  old  cottonwood 
in  Itasca,  referred  to  on  page  44. 

R.  F.  Locke  made  general  counsel  of  the  Illinois  State  School  Board 
Association  at  its  Fourteenth  Annual  Convention  at  Urbana,  in  November. 

The  staff  at  the  C.  &  N.  W.  station  is:  agent,  R.  R.  Skinner;  ticket  clerk, 
H.  C.  Christiansen;  freight  clerk,  Racine  Skinner. 

The  staff  at  the  C.  A.  &  E.  station  is :  ticket  agents,  R.  R.  Jeffrey  and  E.  L. 
Walter;  newsstand,  Mrs.  Anna  Broz. 


Village  Hall 

The  Village  Hall  on  Pennsylvania  Avenue,  with  its  new  Nash  for  the 
police  department  in  front  of  it.     Louis  R.  Christie  was  the  architect. 

Glenbard  Chapter,  No.  112,  Order  of  Builders,  held  a  public  installation  in 
Acacia  Hall  on  Wednesday  evening,  December  5.  The  officers  installed  were: 
master  builder,  Elwood  Myers;  deputy  master  builder,  Sherman  Webster; 
senior  inspector,  Raymond  MacDonald;  junior  inspector,  Benjamin  Wold; 
secretary,  John  Ensminger;  treasurer,  David  Powell;  senior  overseer,  Charles 
Vodicka;  junior  overseer,  Ira  M.  Hole;  chaplain,  John  Soma;  marshall,  Frank 
J.  Malec,  3d.;  stewards,  William  Kellogg,  George  LaRoi,  Jr.,  John  Ryberg  and 
Kenneth  Kidd. 


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Previous  to  the  installation  of  officers  an  initiation  meeting  was  held  on 
November  21,  at  Acacia  Hall.  Austin  Temple  Chapter,  No.  5,  Order  of  Builders, 
presided  at  this  meeting  and  over  50  boys  were  initiated  into  Glenbard  Chapter, 
No.  112.  They  are  from  Glen  Ellyn  and  Lombard  and  are  as  follows:  Earl 
Roy  Weiher,  Leonard  Parsons,  Jr.,  Sherman  Webster,  Harry  Mitchell,  Jr., 
George  Ball,  Jr.,  Robert  Reinhardt,  Edward  DeLand,  Carl  Ryberg,  Kenneth 
Kidd,  Ira  Hole,  John  Clyde  Dux,  John  Herboth,  Tommy  Gregg,  Raynold  John 
Anderson,  James  Carruthers,  John  Arthur  Ryberg,  James  Brady,  Raymond 
Erickson,  Franklyn  Benson,  Charles  Henry  Warner,  Spencer  Michaels,  Hector 
M.  Hill,  Edward  W.  Hill,  Richard  Sabin,  John  Ensminger,  John  Badger,  Ray 
Cottingham,  Lockwood  Ensminger,  Richard  Ganzhorn,  Howard  McAninch, 
George  Steging,  Richard  Steging,  William  Owen,  John  Soma,  George  LaRoi, 
Jr.,  John  Gamon,  Albert  Ludy,  Don  Locke,  Frank  Malec,  3d,  John  Hunter, 
Alfred  LeRoy  Erickson,  William  Kellogg,  Robert  A.  Johnson,  Charles  W. 
Vodicka,  Raymond  MacDonald,  Phillip  Locke,  Elwood  Myers,  Bennie  Wold, 
David  Powell,  Roger  Maylone  and  Carl  Congdon. 

The  DuPage  Scout  Council  bought  50  acres  of  wooded  land  on  Crystal 
Lake,  Michigan,  six  miles  from  Fremont,  for  a  summer  camp.  There  will  be 
four  periods  of  two  weeks  each,  caring  for  400  boys  this  next  summer.  There 
are  800  Scouts  in  the  DuPage  Council,  which  was  organized  last  April. 

December  15,  at  8:30  A.  M.  the  Scouts  were  mobilized  at  the  Village  Hall 
to  follow  in  the  footsteps  of  the  town  crier  of  old.  They  were  asked  to  carry 
the  news  to  every  house  in  town  that  church  services  would  be  suspended  on 
the  Sunday  following  because  of  the  influenza  epidemic.  All  morning,  in  their 
scout  costume  of  service,  they  were  going  about  the  village,  ringing  doorbell 
after  doorbell,  with  their  announcement,  proud  of  doing  this  civic  duty. 

There  had  been  a  preliminary  mobilization,  called  by  Sheriff  Hattendorf, 
October  20,  at  7:30  in  the  morning  to  see  how  the  Scouts  could  respond  in  an 
emergency.  Sixty-four  per  cent,  85  boys,  with  55  in  uniform,  rallied  in  33 
minutes,  indicating  the  boy  power  available  in  the  village. 

Scouts  in  Glen  Ellyn  are: 

Troop  1:  Victor  Ball,  Baxter  Martin,  Allan  Kahl,  Charles  Boardman, 
Gordon  Tapper,  Fred  Locke,  William  Alexander,  Robert  Sjoblom,  James 
McGlennon,  Donald  Stewart,  Kime  Aspray,  Giles  McCollum,  Russell  Kellogg, 
Paul  O'Neill,  Wayne  Teeter,  Calvin  Patch,  Carl  Gray,  Charles  Brown,  Ralph 
Tapper  and  Richard  Ganzhorn. 

Troop  2:  James  Atkinson,  Charles  Bear,  Frank  Bouska,  Robert  Burki, 
Richard  Cone,  Joseph  Cools,  Kenneth  Cramer,  Douglas  Eadie,  Victor  Emmel, 
ReRoy  Erickson,  Roger  Gavin,  Edward  Geisel,  John  Gilbert,  James  Griffith, 
Robert  Griffith,  George  Herboth,  Carver  Hill,  Hector  Hill,  John  Hildebrandt, 
Clark  Hine,  Frank  Jeffers,  Robert  Johnson,  Robert  Kaiser,  Frank  LePreau, 
Albert  Ludy,  Leonard  Parsons,  Carl  Peterson,  Harry  Peterson,  Alfred  Reifen- 
stein,  Charles  Reifenstein,  Robert  Reinhardt,  Henry  Rosenthal,  Carl  Ryberg, 
Shelby  Simmons,  Kenneth  Stallsmith,  James  Spears,  Melvin  Suttie,  Junior 
Vallette,  Fred  Wardle,  Donald  Young  and  Keith  Young. 

Troop  3:  William  Anderson,  Stanley  Aston,  Boyd  Bremner,  Donald  Burdick, 
Carl  Congdon,  Jesse  Dehl,  Malcolm  Doig,  Cameron  Duncan,  Alfred  Eaton, 
Lockwood  Ensminger,  Edward  Gronlund,  Michael  Galland,  Samuel  Holch, 
Chester  LaVere,  George  Lineburg,  Paul  Maylone,  Kenneth  McCain,  Earl 
Robinson,  Warren  Smith,  Harry  Stoeffer,  Oliver  Townsend,  William  Webb, 
Kenneth  White,  Arthur  Zielke,  Everett  Gasch,  Lee  Baker  and  Lyle  Kreitzer. 

Troop  4:  Wilbur  Osterling,  Ray  Walker,  Harold  Hyatt,  Vergil  Harmon, 
Harold  Jauch,  Joseph  Trefny,  John  Hammond,  William  Achilles,  Frank  Han- 
sen, Bernard  Guillaume,  Charles  Young,  Vernon  Fick,  Gordon  Craft,  Charles 
Cools,  Cyrus  Stafford,  Robert  McGregor,  Joseph  Achilles,  John  Augsburger, 
Charles  Jorgeson,  John  Bingham,  John  Hookham,  James  Milmoe,  George 
Rose,  Reber  Graves,  John  Shirer,  James  Schoek,  Lowell  Schraeder  and  Byram 
Miller. 

Troop   5:    Robert   Nichols,    Richard   Hairgrove,    Robert   Halvorsen,    Paul 


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Giloth,  Paul  Nelson,  Robert  Schaefer,  Robert  Hairgrove,  Arthur  White,  Albert 
Lammers,  Arthur  Thomas,  Raymond  Diederich,  Jack  Wise,  Arthur  Moulin 
and  Edward  DeLand. 

Troop  6:  Edward  Mohr,  Earl  Sando,  Robert  Sando,  Joseph  Mulcahy, 
James  Apostolas,  Jack  Nelson,  Guildas  Reneau,  Albert  Engelschall,  William 
Mohr  and  Ted  Rogus. 

Sea  Scouts:  John  Augsburger,  George  Ball,  John  Dux,  John  Herboth,  Ira 
Hole,  Gustav  Holman,  John  Hookham,  Kenneth  Kidd,  John  Knaack,  Philip 
Locke,  Russell  Mueller,  Carl  Nordeen,  Ralph  Stewart,  Jesse  Wagner,  Richard 
Winans,  Dennis  Wright  and  LeRoy  Zuttermeister. 


The  Newest  Business  District  at  Main  and  Hillside 

This  is  on  Main  at  Hillside,  where  the  O.  D.  Dodge  home  formerly  stood. 
The  building  in  the  foreground,  just  completed  this  October,  was  designed  and 
erected  by  Jean  Rohm  and  Son  (William  lives  in  Glen  Ellyn),  and  contains 
apartments,  offices  and  seven  shops.  Next  to  it  on  the  left  is  the  F.  T.  Tomlins 
building,  built  first  of  all  by  L.  O.  Farnsworth,  from  plans  by  Walker  and 
Angell.  It  contains  an  office  and  several  apartments.  The  third  building  is 
the  Acacia,  erected  by  the  Hoy,  Hadley  and  Spalding  combination  from  plans 
by  Betts  and  Holcomb.  It  will  long  be  a  community  center  for  it  contains  the 
Masonic  Lodge  rooms,  rented  also  by  other  fraternal  organizations,  an  audi- 
torium, used  regularly  by  the  Baptist  Church  and  the  Glen  Ellyn  Woman's 
Club,  and  several  shops  and  apartments.  These  buildings  are  all  interesting 
examples  of  the  prevailing  mode  in  village  architecture. 

And  now,  though  interesting  things  are  happening  day  by  day  and  week 
by  week  in  the  village,  the  Glen  News  press  says,  with  Shakespeare: 
"Stand  not  upon  the  order  of  your  going, 
But  go  at  once." 

And  so  we  close  the  book  December  17,  1928 — to  be  available  December 
21,  1928. 


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INDEX 

(Compiled  by  Bessie  Clute  Huwen) 


Abbott,  F.  D.  32 

Abbott,  Frank  85 

Acacia  Hall  129 

Academy,  Naperville  53 

Ackerman,  Alonzo  59,  73,  87 

Ackerman,  Elbyron  42 

Ackerman,  Emma  66 

Ackerman,  John  Davis  30,  37,  75 

Ackerman,  Lurania  42 

Ackerman,  Mary  Fenamore  87 

Ackerman,  Miles  42 

Ackerman.  Winslow  37,  42,  69,  75 

Addenda  193 

Addison  17,  18,  29,  37 

Adelphos  Club  87 

Aetna  50 

Aiken,  Rev.  Earl  F.  75 

Akiyuhapi  Camp  Fire  140 

Albright,  Emory,  and  Sons  Ivan  and 

Marr  57 
Albro,  Ira  31 
Allaben.  Mrs.  Max  137 
Allen,  Fannie  66 
Allen,  Georgia  64,   66,   70,   78,  80,   94, 

109 
Allen,  Miles  60,  68.  73.  10.9 
Alspaugh,  Mrs.  D.  W.  129,  144 
American  Legion  112,  145 
American  Legion  Auxiliary  115,   137, 

147 
Angell,  F.  B.  68 
Areme  Club  111.   146 
Arion  Quartette  82 
Arnold,  George  81 
Arnold,  Lawrence  84 
Arnold,  Rev.  T.  B.  75 
Art  Department  116 
Artesian  Well  116 
Arthur,  Alfred  129 
Arthur,  Rev.  John  83 
Ashby,  John  84 
Associated  Press  142 
Atkenson,  Gen'l  27 
Atwater,  Jesse  30 
Aurora  19,  38    50 
Austin.  Sam  93 
Automobile  85.  93,  116 
Aux  Plaines  20,  21.  33,  34 
Avenue  Garage,  114 

Babbitt,  Rev.  C.  W.  28 

Babcock,  Ira  38 

Babcock,  Irene  42 

Babcock,   Ralph  and  Morgan,   18,   26, 

33 
Babcock's  Grove  17.  28,  30,  46,  47 
Babies  (1928)  190-1-2 


Bachmann,  Peter  93 

Baethke,  W.  H.  74,  93,  96 

Baker  76 

Baker,  Joel  142 

Baker,  Mrs.  Sylvester  137 

Baldwin  Locomotive  Works  50 

Ballard,  John  64 

Ball,  Geo.  92 

Ballou,  E.  57 

Ballou,  Levi  42 

Ballou,  Lillian  Nind  66 

Ballou,  Mary  42 

Bangs,  David  29 

Baptist  35,  45,  62,  81,  129 

Barkey,  Jacob  140 

Barlow,  Dr.  89,  91,  111 

Barnard  56 

Barnes,  Horace  32,  33 

Barney,  Sylvanus  42 

Bartlett,  Luther  44,  65 

Bartlett,  Chester  D.  44 

Baseball  63,  120,  148 

Bassett,  Henry  A.  57,  133 

Batavia  52 

Batavia  Junction  18 

Bates,  Esquire  42 

Baughman,  Dr.  Ira  L.  97 

Baxter  Drug  Co.  57 

Beaner,  Charles  F.  and  Wife  69 

Beaubien,  Jean  Baptiste  41 

Beaubien,  Marc  22,  41,  53 

Beck,  Bernard  18 

Becker,  Geo.  68 

Beckhaus,  Fritz  52 

Beidelman,  A.  R.  127 

Bell  Telephone  Co.  69 

Belmont  18 

Bender,  John  L.  116 

Benjamin  Franklin  School  142,  144 

Benjamin,  Henry  57 

Benjamin,  R.  V.  31 

Bensenville  18,  66,  71 

Bergson,  Aug.  73 

Betts  &  Holcomb  126 

Biermann,  Ludwig  58 

Biester,  Fred  L.  Ill 

Biesterfelt,  Gottlieb  58 

Big  Fire  77 

Big  Woods  18 

Birthday  Club  126 

Blackburn,  H.  J.  93 

Black  Hawk  23 

Black  Hawk  War  20,  23,  39,  41,  44,  45 

Blackman,  R.  73 

Black  Maria  80 

Blacksmith  Shop  38 


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Blasius,  Nellie  Gordon  122 

Bleak  House  42 

Blodgett,  Israel  P.  32,  34,  56 

Bloomingdale  17.  18,  35,  37,  38,  41,  45, 

52,  60,  65,  81 
Bloomingdale  Road  41 
Blue  Birds  122 
Bluefarb,  Sol  97 
Bob  Reed  Spring  61 
Bogan,  Mrs.  Frank  J.  89 
Bonaparte  School  98 
Book  Review  Circle  129 
Boosters  Club  94 
Bowden,  R.  D.  120,  122,  145 
Bowie.  C.  R.  137 
Bowstead,  Corinne  Newton,  143 
Boy  Scouts  93.  99,  122.  134.  143,  150 
Bovft  Jennie  Minor  66,   70 
Boyd,  John  65 

Boyd.  Robert  G.  65,  70,  73,  85 
Boyd's  70,  78.  82 
Boyle,  Miss  Clara  S.  113 
Brake  and  Myers  73 
Bremner,  Mrs.  C.  W.  70 
Bronson,  Charles  63 
Bronson,  Dr.  18 
Bronson.  Stephen  42,  63 
Bronsonville  44 
Brookings,  Lavinia  46 
Brookins,  Smith  51 
Brookins.  T.  A.  68 
Brooks,  Mrs.  Caroline  62 
Brooks,  Emilv  62 
Brooks,  Grandma  60 
Brooks,  Horace  44,  45.  47.  53 
R^ooks.  Mai  Robert  E.  99 
Brooks,  Shadrack  44,  47 
Brown,  Junior  130 
Rvown.  TOthpn'ne  ]il 
Brown,  Rev.  Hope  28,  51,  53 
Brown,  Thomas  26 
Brundage  57 
Bruning  127 
Brush  Hill  18 
Bryan  Blues  54 
Bryan  Hall  54 
Bryan,  Thomas  B.  54 
Bryson.  Charles  Lee  144 
Buchholz  58 
Buck  Horn  Tavern  37 
Buell,  H.  O.  70 
Buffalo  46 

Building  Trades  Council  150 
Burbank  86 
Burr,  James  E. 
Burridge.  Carrie  Davis 
Burying  Grounds  19 
Butterfield,  A.  J.  75 
Butterfield  J.  J.  69 
Butterfield,  Justin  35 
Butterfield,  Lyman  18,  26,  35 


Butterfield  Road  35,  57 
Byrds  Nest  54 
Byrneville 

Caldwell,  Billy  22 

Callahan,  Abigail  46 

Callahan,  Mary  J.  46,  63 

Camp  Fire  Girls  122 

Canaries  120 

Canfield,  R.  W.  137 

Capron  57 

C.  A.  R.  147 

Carolina  (North)  17,  22 

Case,  Rev.  C.  D.  81 

Cass  18 

Cassell  Lake  125 

Cass  House  42 

Castle  Inn  34,  35,  53 

Catholic  Church  122 

Catholic  Daughters  of  America  136 

Catholic  Woman's  Club  115,  149 

Catlin.  76.  77 

C.  B.  &  Q.  50,  63,  67 

Cemetery  78 

Cemetery,  Mt.  Emblem  52 

Chadwick,  Joseph  26 

Chase,  Al  122 

Cheney,  Mrs.  M.  J.  122 

Chessman.  A.  G.  62 

Chicago,  22.  46,  50 

Chicago  and  Great  Western  R.  R.  141 

Chicago  and  North  Western  49 

Chicago,  Aurora  and  Elgin  R.  R.  85, 

123,  141 
Chicago  Fire  64 
Chicago  Historical  Society  54 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul,  65, 

67 
Chicago  Press  Club  85 
Chippewa  19 
Chisholm.  George  S.  68 
Chism  97 

Christian,  David  37.  42 
Christian.  William  127 
Christianson  84 
Christie,  Emma  O'Brien  66 
Christie    L.  R.  122,  125 
Churchill  18 
Churchill,  Adeline  B.  81 
Churchill.  Amanda  33 
Churchill.  Amos  70,  73,  83,  115 
Churchill,  Angelina  42 
Ghurchm,  Christiana  37.  42,  79 
Churchill,  Deacon  Winslow  18,  28,  29, 

33.  37.  38,  45.  116 
Churchill,  Drusilla  42 
Churchill.  H.  72 
Churchill,  Hiram  42 
Churchill,  Horace  42,  51 
Churchm.  Isaac  Br^dfor-d  42,  47,  68 
Churchill,  Lurania  30,  79 


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Churchill,  Mary  Ann  42 

Churchill,  Mary  Jane  37 

Churchill,  Mercy  Dodge  28,  33 

Churchill,  Seth  42,  142 

Churchill  Twins  79 

Churchill,  W.  H.  29,  51,  67,  129,  142 

Churchill,  Winslow  Jr.  18,  42 

Churchville  18 

Civics  Department  98 

Civil  War  35,  61,  62,  63,  83,  116 

Clare,  Emma  Weidman  66 

Clarendon  Hills  18 

Clark  County  17 

Clark,  Edith  M.  46 

Clark,  Geo.  Rogers  24 

Clark,  Rev.  N.  C.  28 

Clarke,  I.  B.  114 

Clarke,  J.  73 

Clarke,  Mrs.  Joseph  29,  66 

Cobb,  Hartell  18 

Coe,  Mattie  Janes  60,  66 

Colburn,  Myrana  46 

Cole,  F.  M.  69 

Coleman,  Rev.  J.  E.  69 

College  Students  (1928)  138 

Collier,  G.  H.  58 

Comerford,  Frank  85,  143 

Commencement  Card  81 

Commercial  Association  126,  143,  148 

Community  House  127 

Compton,  Dan  133 

Congregational  Church  28,  50,  62,  66, 

71,   73,   78,   80,   95,   110,    126,   128, 

132,  133 
Conyers,  Willard  P.  85 
Cook  County  17,  38 
Coolidge,  President  and  Mrs.  137 
Cools,  Joseph  145 
Cooper,  Charles  60 
Cooper,  Hermon  C.  60,  83,  122,  128 
Cooper,  L.  C.  54,  60,  62,  63,  67,  69,  73, 

82,  111,  116 
Cooper,  Mrs.  L.  C.  62,  65 
Cooper,  W.  P.  122 
Corbit,  Clark  and  Wayne  42 
Cottage  Hill  Tavern  42,  44 
Cottage  Hill  18,  30,  64 
County  Commissioner  of  Schools  44 
County  Court  House  39,  63,  64,  83 
County  Judge  66 
County  Seat  39,  64 

County  Supt.  of  Schools  63,  69,  71,  75 
Course  of  Time  54 
Cox,  John  68 
Crane,  David,  28 
Crawford  County  17 
Crescent  40,  50 
Crescent  Blvd.  93 
Crook,  O.  E.  137 
Cross  Country  Club  House  80,  82 


Cryer,  Rev.  E.  G.  75 

Cumming,  Bruce  127 

Curtis,  Alonzo,  35,  46 

Curtis,  Benjamin  53 

Curtis,  Clarence  35,  87 

Curtis,  Esther  111 

Curtis,  Mrs.  B.  B.  29,  44,  45,  46,  81,  83 

Curtis,  Peter  B.  35,  53 

Curtis,  Mrs.  Peter  B.  46 

Curtis,  Samuel  34 

Cutler,  Joseph  145 

Dalton,  Mrs.  Thomas  96 

Danby  17,   45,   47,   51,   53,   56,  58,   59, 

60,  62,  64,  71 
Danby  Home  Guards  60 
Danby  House  56,  58 
Danby  Lodge  I.  O.  O.  F.  57 
Danby  School  66 
Daughters  of  American  Revolution 

118,  120,  134,  142,  147 
Daughters  of  Columbia  95 
Davis,  James  31 
Davis,  Mark  57,  68 
Deerfield  18,  38 
Deiber  35,  45 

Deily,  Capt.  Paul  Conyers  99 
Delevan  Street  93 
Dena,  Charlotte  38 
Dentist  97,  117,  127 
Des  Plaines  19,  20,  46,  49,  51 
Dickens  Circle  89 
Dixon,  Marjorie  Howe  133 
Dodge,  Clem  67 
Dodge,  Carrie  66 
Dodge  District  47 
Dodge,  Edgar  46 
Dodge,  Ella  66,  70 
Dodge,  Flora  M.  81 
Dodge,  Helen  46 
Dodge,  Jabez  Seymour  32,  46,  68,  71, 

72,  73 
Dodge,  Lucy  Ann  42 
Dodge,  Lusana  42 
Dodge,  Mason  64 
Dodge,  Mrs.  Nelson  63 
Dodge,  Mrs.  O.  D.  81,  89 
Dodge,  N.  M.  46,  68,  73 
Dodge,  O.  D.  87,  140 
Dodge,  Philura  38 
Dodge,  Robilla  42 
Dodge,  William  66 
Dobson,  Harriett  N.  Warren  39 
Dolbey,  Harry  84 
Douglas  35,  58,  59 
Downer,  Pierce  18,  21,  26,  34 
Downers  Grove  17,  18,  21,  26,  34,  56 
Dram  Shop  73 
Dresden  Heights  20 
Drew,  Mrs.  Roy  145 


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Drug  Store  77 

Duane  School  56,   62,   68,   70,   75,   78, 

97,  134,  136,  145 
Duane  School  Roll  18,  76 
DuBrock,  Charles  60 
Dudley,  Judge  33 
Dudley,  Maria  33 
Duncan,  A.  C.  70 
Duncan,  Cameron  145 
Duncan,  Mrs.  Pearl  137 
Duncklee,  Ebenezer  and  Hezekiah  18, 

29 
Dunham,  Daniel  31,  59 
Dunham,  Walter  70 
Dunning  House  77,  78 
DuPage  17,  21,  36,  37,  38 
DuPage  Center  18,  32,  39 
DuPage  Co.  Agricultural-Mechanical 

Society  57 
DuPage  County  Gazette  58 
DuPage  County  History  59 
DuPage  Co.  Real  Estate  Board  150 
DuPage  County  Society  for  Mutual 

Protection  38 
DuPage  River  17 

DuPage  Trust  Co.  94,  116,  144,  149 
Dutch  Mill  52,  57,  63,  64 

Eagle  Brand  Milk  61 

Earhart,  Amelia  137 

Eastern  Star  146 

East  Grove  18 

Ehlers  52 

Ehlers  Hotel  78 

Eighth  Grade  Play  134 

Eldridge  46 

Eldridge,  Edward  30 

Electricity  94,  114 

Electric  R.  R.  88 

Electric  Shop  87,  113 

Elgin  35 

Ellsworth,  Mrs.  Frank  M.  115 

Elmhurst  18,  30,  54,  64 

Emancipation  Proclamation  54 

Emmons,  William  66 

English  17,  19 

Enor  33 

Ensminger,  Dr.  91 

Ensminger,  Jane  135 

Eola  18,  28 

Episcopalians  62.  63 

Essay  On  Man  54 

Evangelical  Church  58 

Fabian,  Col.  52 

Fairbank,  Mrs.  William  128 

Falk,  Miss  Minnie  112 

Farnsworth,  W.  31 

Fasnacht,  Rev.  Walter  L.  122 

Fenamore  65 

Ferries,  Rev.  William  69 

Fidelity  Safe  Deposit  Co.  54 


Filer,  Thomas  56 

Fire  Department  89,  111,  112,  125,  146 

Fire  Engine  88,  89 

First  Evangelical  Church  92 

First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  76, 

77,  97 
Fischer,  H.  F.  52 
Fish,  Almera  42 
Fish,  Daniel  41 
Fish,  Elisha  19 
Fish,  George  42 
Fish,  Harriett  41 
Five  Corners  26,  28,  36 
Five  Springs  80 
Flag  Pole  135 
Flemings  60,  77,  78,  88 
Flint,  Mrs.  70 
Flood,  Tryphena  46 
Ford,  Horace  M.  87 
Ford,  Mrs.  Horace  M.  90 
Forest  Glen  120,  136,  146 
Forest  Glen  School  42,  79,  91,  96 
Forest  Hill  Cemetery  159 
Forest  Preserves  125 
Forks  20 

Forrester  (Village)  99 
Fort  Dearborn  22,  45,  46 
Fort  Payne  27,  39 
Foster,  Mrs.  Alfred  120 
Fox,  Mrs.  Andrew  122,  133 
Fox  19 
Fox  River  52 
Fredricksburg  56 

Free  Methodist  69,  73,  75,  87,  92,  125 
Freeto,  Andrew  and  Sarah  42 
Freeto,  William  64 
French  17,  19 
French  Bridge  Club  129 
Friday  P.  M.  Reading  Club  117 
Friends  of  Library  116 
Frink  and  Walker  (Stage  Coaches) 

38,  45 
Frontenac  18 
Fuller,  Benjamin  30 
Fuller,  Loie  35,  53,  132 
Fullersburg  18,  34,  35,  53 
Fulton  50 
Fulton  County  17 
Furstein,  Florence  84 

Galena  34,  37 

Galena  and  Chicago  Union  R.  R.  34 

Garden  Club  120,  125,  137,  150 

Garden  Festival  144 

Gary,  Elbert  H.  26,  44,  57,  59,  73,  78, 

130 
Gary,  Erastus  18,  51 
Gary,  Jude  18,  26,  39,  40 
Gary  Memorial  Church  59 
Gary  Mills  18,  36,  37 
Gary,  Orlinda  26,  39 


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Gas  and  Electric  94,  114 

Gates,  Ashael  A.  59 

Gates,  John  W.  59 

Gates,  Mr.  60 

Gathman,  Henry,  Jr.  58 

Gathman,  Henry,  Sr.  58 

Gault,  B.  F.  84 

Geisler  88 

Geneva  Road  36 

Genthe,  Mrs.  Fred  143 

Gettysburg  62 

Gieselman,  Mrs.  John  89 

Gilbert,  Ezra  31 

Gilbert,  Herbert  S.  112 

Gifford,  Experience  41 

Gifford,  H.  B.  and  Wife  62 

Girl  Reserves  114 

Girl  Scouts  110,  150 

Glenbard  Athaenean  Society  153 

Glenbard  Erodelphian  Society  153 

Glenbard  Football   Teams  152 

Glenbard  High  School  154 

Glen  Bard  Staff  153 

Glenbard  Straw  Vote  140 

Glenbard  Student  Council  153 

Glen  Ellyn  74,  78 

Glen  Ellyn  17,  18 

Glen  Ellyn  Auto  Co.  93 

Glen  Ellyn  Board  of  Health  145 

Glen  Ellyn  Choral  Club  122,  130,  150 

Glen  Ellyn  Churches  155-6-7-8 

Glen  Ellyn  Club  151 

Glen  Ellyn  Dancing  Club  91 

Glen  Ellyn  Dramatic  Club  116 

Glen  Ellyn  Hotel  and  Spring  Co.  76,  80 

Glen  Ellyn  Musical  Club  98 

Glen  Ellyn  Nurseries  127 

Glen  Ellyn  Plan  Commission  122,  123, 

145 
Glen  Ellyn  Police  146 
Glen  Ellyn  Reds  120,  148 
Glen  Ellyn  School  Board  146 
Glen  Ellyn  School  of  Music  and 

Dramatic  Art  141,  143 
Glen   Ellyn    State   Bank   87,    93,    123, 

124,  150 
Glen  Ellyn  Storage  and  Transfer  Co. 

57 
Glen  Ellyn  Storage  and  Warehouse 

Co.  127 
Glen  Ellyn  Village  Hall  Clerks  146 
Glen  Ellyn  Village  Officers  145 
Glen  Ellyn  Watch  and  Clock  Shop 
Glen  Ellyn  Woman's  Club  82,  94,  98, 

110,  127,  148 
Glen  Ellyn  Zoning  Board  145 
Glen  Ellyn  Enterprise  88 
Glen  Ellyn  Library  Assn.  90  94 
Glen  Oak  Country  Club  90,  92 
Glen  Theatre  126,  127 


Gloss,  John  18 

Goodridge  76 

Gordon,  Nellie  111 

Grabow,  Dr.  Elmer  F.  127 

Graceland  54 

Grace  Lutheran  50,  80,  91 

Graff  E. 

Grange,  Luther  N. 

Granger  18 

Grannis,  Mrs.  Harriett  M.  77 

Grannis,  Samuel  76,  77 

Grant,  Oriente  34 

Grattan,  Josie  Leyman  66 

Greeley,  Horace  35 

Gregg  18 

Gregg,  T.  A.  70 

Greyhound  50 

Griggs,  John  M.  139 

Grimshaw  70 

Groeschell,  W.  H.  84 

Guertin,  Geo.  R.  122 

Guild,  William  31 

Guthrie,  Dr.  Earnest  Graham  128 

Hadley,  Chas.  W.  126 

Haggard,  J.  B.  71 

Half-way  House  37 

Hamburg  53 

Hamlets  in  County  18 

Hammond,  Capt.  W.  31 

Hand,  Louis  42 

Harcourt,  Dr.  63 

Hardy,  Charles  60 

Harlem  50 

Harmon,  Ada  Douglas  23,  47,  98,  111, 

116 
Harmon,  E.  J.  70 
Harmon,  Elijah  D.  23 
Harmon,  Miss  Doliska  81 
Harmony  Club  96 
Harnden,  Mrs.  Nora  Wagner  69 
Harnden,  W.  H.  70 
Harnden,  Wm.  H.  91 
Harper  Bros.  70 
Harris,  Shadrac  18 
Hartzell,  J.  C.  Bishop  56 
Hasfurther,  Mrs.  John  133 
Hassle r,  Frank  85 
Hassler,  Mrs.  Frank  91 
Hatch,  John  60 
Hatch,  Luther  18,  26 
Hawthorne  School  91,  97,  120,  142 
Haven,  Rev.  Joseph  D.  D.  62 
Hayden,  John  73 
Hayden,  Jack  60 
Hecla  50 

Healy,  Geo.  P.  A.  54 
Heidemann,  Chris  64 
Heintz,  W.  D.  127 
Herboth,  John  143 


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Hestern,  Henry  68 

Hiatt,  A.  H.  60,  67 

Hiatt,  Dr.  Kenneth  136 

Hiatt,  Luther  J.  67,  136 

Hiatt,  U.  C.  70 

Hicks,  Mrs.  141 

High  Lake  18 

High  School  98,  110,  111,  114,  116,  123, 

127,  135,  137,  142,  144,  146 
H.  S.  Leadership  Medals  119,  120 
Higley,  Mrs.  Clayton  111 
Higley,  Dr.  E.  S.  78,  117 
Hill,  Hector  145 
Hill,  L.  B.  122 
Hill,  Thomas  E.  74,  75,  76 
Hinsdale  18,  53,  63,  75 
Hinsdale  34,  35,  58 
Hintze.  B.  F.  37,  130 
Hitt,  H.  H.  133 
Hoadley,  Rebecca  Arnold  66 
Hoadley,  Thomas  A.  128 
Hobson.  Bailev  17,  22.  24,  26,  39 
Hoes,  Mrs.  Minerva  58 
Hogan  Ed.  66 
Hogan,  James  67 
Holch,  Mrs.  F.  L.  134 
Holmes,  Alonzo  57 
Holmes.  T.  W.  68 
Holland  52,  53 
Hollinger,  M.  H.  96 
Holstein,  Henry  63 
Holtorf,  Rev.  Theodore  92 
Holtzman.  Arthur  98 
Honeysuckle  Hill  79 
Honeywell,  David  42 
Hookham,  John  137 
Hopper,   Mrs.   Charles  92,  98,  99,   100 
Hough  Railroad  65 
Hough,  Col.  Roselle  65 
Hovey,  J.  L.  44 
Howe,  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  127 
Hoy,  A.  C.  123,  126 
Hubbard,  Dr.  Theodore  38 
Hubbard,  Jennie  66 
Hubbard,  Laura  42 
Hubbard,  P.  G.  70,  71,  73 
Hubbard,  Warren  45 
Hubert,  Rev.  42 
Hudson,  Adelaide  111 
Humphreys,  Mrs.  John  133 
Hunter,  Edna  111 
Hunter,  J.  G.  70 
Hurley,  Fr.  52 
Huwen,  Mrs.  F.  J.  122 
Hyde,  Mrs.  James  137 

Illinois  46 

Illinois  Centennial  Contest  111 

Illinois  County  17 

Illinois  Institute  56,  58,  59 


Illinois  River  20 

Incorporated  Towns  18 

Indian  Signal  Hill  20,  44 

Indian  Villages  19 

Indiana  19 

Indians  17,  19,  37,  97,  112 

Infant  Welfare  143.  150 

Ingalls,  Augustus  29 

Ingalton  18 

I.  O.  O.  F.  146 

Iriquois  19 

Irwin,  Mary  Margaret  60 

Isaak  Walton  League  115 

Isabel,  Don  A.  46 

Itasca  18,  58,  62,  65,  67 

Jacobs,  S.  T.  85 

Jacobs,  W.  H.  68 

Janes,  A.  S.  32,  33,  58,  59,  64,  65,  68, 

68 
Janes,  Harriet  33 
Janes,  Sylvanus,  Laura,  Ruth  and 

Clarissa  42 
Jauch  57 

Jellies,  Georgia  66 
Jellies,  Will  73 
Jenkins,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  81 
Jenkins,  Frances  81 
Jenkins,  Helen  (Mrs.  Carl  Case)  81 
Jensen,  Wm.  F.  75 
Johansen,  Maren  111,  122 
Johansen  Real  Estate  Co.  62 
Johnson,  Fred  84 
Johnson,  W.  J.  68 
Joliet  21 

Jones,  Capt.  Marcellus  E.  62 
Jones,  L.  A.  58 
Jordan  46 
Junior  Play  144 
Junta  Bldg.  127 
Justice  of  Peace  71 

Kaiser,  W.  G.  122 

Kampp,  Conrad  63 

Kampp  Furniture  Business  63 

Kampp,  John  63 

Kane  Countv  38 

Kankakee  20 

Kelley,  Albert  M.  59,  63 

Kelley,  David  45,  53,  54,  60,  62,  66,  68 

Kelley,  Isaac  D.  57 

Kelsey,  Rev.  W.  M.  75 

Kerr,  Mr.  Chas.  H.  85 

Kerr,  Mrs.  Chas.  H.  Kerr 

Ketcham,  Erastus  68,  69,  75,  130 

Kendall,  Abby  111 

Kendall,  Mrs.  G.  M.  114,  120,  122 

Kickapoo  19 

Kimball,  Geo.  P.  63.  69 

Kimball,  William  42 

Kimble,  Rebecca  42 


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201 


Kindergarten  84 
King,  J.  V.  31 
King,  Miss  141 
Kiplinger,  O.  L.  126,  128 
Klein,  Matthias  Rev.  75 
Kolar,  Betty  Jane  134,  144 
Kopp,  Mrs.  John  H.  81 
Kriebs-Wilmes  63 
Krimmelmeyer,  Emma  111 

Lace  18 

Ladies'  Social  Union  83 

Ladies'  Aid  Play  144 

LaGrange  28 

Laier,  Frances  78,  81,  82 

Laier,  John  J.  84 

Laier,  Will  G.  84 

Laing,  Mrs.  Walter  60,  143 

Laird.  George  32 

Lake  Ellyn  63.  76,  119 

Lake  Street  37,  41 

LaSalle  19 

LaSalle  County  38 

Landis,  Maior  Reed  144 

Landv,  Bridget  A6 

Landy,  Deacon  49 

Landv.  John  46 

Laughlin,,  John  19,  31 

Lead  Mines  35.  37 

League  of  Women  Voters  113,   149 

Lee.  Virginia  143 

LeMessurier,  John  87 

LePage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chas.  137 

Lewis,  Rev.  E.  N.  62 

Librarv  70    71.  89,  90,  91,  96,  98,  113, 

116.  120,  143 
Lilacea  128 
Lily  Lake  125 

Lincoln  35,  58.  59.  60,  62,  63 
Lindahl.  Rov  W.  125 
Lindsay.  Margaret  136 
Linton.  Ralph 
Lions  Club  116.  148 
Lisle  17,  18,  26,  41 
Literature  and  Arts  92,  129,  144 
Little,  R.  H.  139 
Lloyd,  Mrs.  45 
Lloyd,  Mrs.  Emma  73,  78 
Locke,  Mariorie  134 
Locke,  Matilda  59 
Locke,  R.  F.  114 
Lombard  18.  26.  30.  53,  64 
Lombard,  Josiah  64 
Loomis,  H.  S.  38 
Lorbeer,  Mrs.  J.  B.  81 
Lowell,  Dr.  89 
Lower,  Rev.  D.  L.  75 
Lozier,  Horace  G.  122 
Lumry,  O.  F.  58 
Lundgren,  Helen  F.  81 
Lundgren,  Marie  F.  81 


Lundy,  John  41 

Luther,  Mr.  W.  H.  66,  67,  70,  71,  72  73, 

74,  75 
Luther,  Mrs.  W.  H.  69 
Lynn  46 

Mabrey,  Mrs.  Fred  J.  137 

Madison  County  17 

Madison,  Wm.  143 

Main  Street  50,  64 

Main  St.  School  112,  142 

Mammoth  Spring  61 

Mansion  House  54,  55.  60,  62,  66 

Map  of  Five  Corners  43 

March,  B.  F.  145 

Marie,  Queen  of  Roumania  132 

Marsh.  Rev.  J.  D.  69.  75 

Marshalls,  J.  K.  64,  82 

Martin,  Geo.  27 

Marquette,  Father  Jacques  20 

Masonic  Lodge  94,  134,  146 

Massachusetts  18 

Mastodons  19 

Matlack.  Prof.  Lucius  56,  58 

Mavnard,  Elias  29 

McChesney  Bros.  74,  78 

McChesney,  Charles  56    61 

McChesney,  Edgar  H.  61,  63,  70 

McChesney,  Gretchen  Jacobs  85 

McChesney,  J.  D.  61.  66,  67 

McChesney,  James  32,  40,  41,  45,  56, 

61 
McChesney,  Joseph  R.  61,  63,  68,  71, 

73 
McChesney,  Julia  Kelley  66 
McChesney,  Mattie  Smith  66,  87 
McChesney-Miller  61 
McChesnev.  Mrs.  J.  D.  63 
McClurg,  Genl.  A.  C.  42 
McClurg,  Ogden  42 
McCollums,  Albert.  69 
McCutchin,  Mrs.  81 
McDonnell.  Fr.  52 
McFryer,  W.  F.  85,  137 
McGough,  P.  E.  143 
McGregor.  Rev.  D.  A.  84 
McHenry  37 
Mcintosh  63 
McKay,  Rosalie  98 
McMechan,  Erin  98 
McMillen,  Joseph  31 
Meacham  19,  28,  65,  125 

27 
Meacham's  Grove  35 
Meacham,  Milo  32,  56 
Meacham,  Silas,  Lyman,  Harvey  19, 
Meat  Market  74 
Medinah  28,  125 
Meinardi  65 
Meinardi,  Betty  Jane  117 


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Memorial  Fountain  116 

Memorial  Park  125,  127,  142 

Mehl,  Mattie  73 

Menke,  Miss  Emma  143 

Mertz,  A.  F.  63 

Mertz,  Mrs.  Matilda  95 

Meshler,  Chris  63 

Methodist  35,  45,  57,  59,  62,  92 

Miami  19 

Michet,  Irene  110 

Michigan  Lake  19 

Millbeck,  Joe  73 

Mill  Creek  37 

Miller,  Mrs.  Emma  78 

Miller,  Eunice  42 

Miller,  H.  A.  133 

Miller,  Herman  93,  123 

Miller,  Oscar  61 

Miller,  Otto  93,  123 

Mills,  Lewis  71 

Milmoe.  M.  J.  70,  122 

Milton  17,  18,  51,  64 

Milwaukee  R.  R.  65 

Mississippi  50,  51 

Mitchell  97 

Mitchell.  I.  T.  42 

M.  M.  M.  Ill 

Modern  Woodmen  83 

Money  Musk  55 

Moore,  Mrs.  M.  M.  28.  51,  128 

Moore,  Rev.  Aubrey  97 

Moose  147 

Moose  Auxiliary  147 

Moose  Sewing  Circle 

Morgan,  Jane  133 

Morgan,  Royal  T.  75,  81 

Morrow,  Dr.  114 

Morton  Arboretum  114,  115 

Morton,  Joy  114-5 

Morton,  J.  Sterling  115 

Morton,  Luther  18,  30 

Morton,  M.  D.  42 

Morrow,  Mrs.  J.  C.  122 

Motion  Picture  Forum  133 

Moulin.  Evert  O.  114 

Moulton,  C.  L.  80 

Moulton,  Harper  78 

Moving  Pictures  98,  111,  126 

Mr.  Pirn  Passes  By  129 

Mueller,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  B.  137 

Mundelein,  Cardinal  122 

Munger  19 

Municipal  Lot  65 

Music  Department  98 

Myers,  Fred  G.  128 

Myers,  Frederick  A.  26 

Myers,  Jas.  H.  68 

Myers,  Wm.  H.  74,  128 

Mytinger,  Mrs.  Jean  92 

Nadelhoffer,  Christian  84 


Naper,  Capt.  John  18,  26,  39 
Naper,  Capt.  Joseph  26,  39 
Naperville  17,   18,   20,   21,   38,  39,   41, 

42,  59,  61,  62,  63,  64,  97 
Napoleon  41 
Nash,  Isaac  31 
Navy  Gun  123 

Nelson,  Geo.  45.  70.  73,  87,  142 
Nemitz,  Mrs.  Gus  143 
Newcomb,  Miss  M.  A.  58 
Neumann,  Miss  Hazel  139 
Newspaper  51,   87,   97,   112,   115,   116, 

122 
Newton-Baethke  56.  59.  70.  85   98   120 
Newton,  Dr.  L.  O.  50   51,  59,  60,  74 
Newton,  Elizabeth  111 
Newton,  Mrs.  Fannie  75 
Newton,  Frank  Q.  60,  112,  143 
Newton,  Lenzie  47 
Newton,  LeRov  63.  74 
Newton,  Lindslev  38 
Newton.  Ralph  W.  143 
Newton's  Station  17.  49 
Newton,  William  46,   68,   71,   73,   112, 

143 
New  York  146 
Nicholls.  Dr.  G.  E.  117 
Nichols  Librarv  39 
Niles,  W.  A.  127 
Nind,  J.  N.  45.  68,  73 
Nixon,  Gen'l  46 
Noble,  Daniel  29 
Nordic  Country  Club  37 
Norris,  Mrs.  Joseph  58 
North  Central  College  61 
North  DuPaare  League  of  Women 

Voters  149 
North  Glen  Ellyn  Improvement  Assn. 

122 
North  Western   (C.  &  N.  W.)   51,  58, 

67,  70.  83 
Northwestern  College  61 
Nursery  51 

Oak  Park  33.  47,  50 

Oak  Ridge  33,  47 

Ogden  Avenue  53 

Ogden  Avenue  33,  53 

Oil  Lamp  57 

Old  English  Design  123 

Old  Ketch  37 

Old  Settlers  Picnic  81 

Olmstead,  Rev.  Benjamin  L.  75 

Olson,  Annie  77 

O'Malley,  Ruth  139 

Onondaga  County  46 

Ontarioville  19 

Orchestra  96 

Order  of  Builders  144 

Ottawa  38 

Owen,  Jesse  143 


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205 


Page,  Harriet  46 

Panorama  Picture  96 

Pape,  Thomas  122 

Parcel  Post  97 

Park  and  Playground  Assn.  117,  148 

Park  Board  142,  146 

Park  110,  112 

Parry,  Rev.  A.  W.  75 

Parsons  97 

Parsons,  Rev.  D.  K. 

Patch,  Bros.  70,  78,  94 

Patch,  Wm.  127 

Patrick,  Florence  66 

Patrick,  Wilbur  51 

Paving  98,  109,  128 

Payne,  Capt.  27 

Peck,  Charles  42 

Peck,  George  42 

Peck,  Harriett 

Peck,  Sheldon  38,  47 

Pelham,  Mrs.  Wm.  F.  139 

Penneack  Grove  27 

Pennsylvania  53 

P.  E.  O.,  AU.  Ill 

Peoria  County  17 

Pfleuger,  Christian  58 

Pfrangle,  Sebastian  58 

Phillips,  Charles  A.  63 

Phillips,  H.  W.  68 

Pickard,  Mr.  57 

Pierce,  President  57 

Piggly  Wiggly  139,  140 

Pike  County  17 

Pioneer  49-50 

Plainfield  61 

Plank  Road  35,  41,  45,  53,  58 

Plum,  Col.  Wm.  R.  128 

Plymouth  18 

Poehlman,  Elizabeth  Newton  143 

Poetasters  128 

Polk,  President  38,  47 

Pollocks  54 

Poole,  Isaac  C.  86 

Popes  54 

Portage  21 

Porter,  Rev.  Jeremiah  28 

Porter,  Rev.  Jonathan  28 

Post  Office  75,  77,  88,  89,  111,  112,  123, 

58,  59 
Postmaster  59,  75 
Potowatomi  19 
Potter,  Dr.  H.  S.  57,  59 
Powers,  Almeda  J.  46 
Powers,  Aretus  46 
Powers,  Malena  42 
Powers.  Samuel  46 
Powers.  William  46 
Pre-Emption  House  32,  38 
Presbyterians  35 
Prichard.  Harold  127 
Prince,  Rev.  H.  W.  83 


Prospect  Park  17,  61,  68,  71 
P.  T.  A.  96,  134,  149 
Pummill,  Emma  Yalding  66 
Purdum,  N.  W.  122 

Queen  Esther  Circle  114 

Railroad  17,  34,  35,  50 
Randall,  Nathan  57 
Randolph  Street  46 
Rathbun,  Mrs.  Rowland  129 
Rawson,  Mrs.  John  69 

81,  117 
Reader,  Henry  30 
Reading  53 
Real  Estate  Boom  70 
Red  Bridge  78 
Red  Cross  60,  61,  100 
Reed,  Robert  61 
Reed,  Seth  38 
Reeves,  Geo.  C.  70 
Rebekah  Lodge  91,  146 
Reindeer  50 
Reiner,  Gladys  125 
Relief  Corps  114,  147 
Revolutionary  War  46 
Rhoades,  Lucille  66 
Rickert,  Mrs.  E.  C.  55 
Riford  76 
Riverbank  52 
River,  DuPage  17 
Robertson,  Douglas  B.  116 
Robey,  Leslie  112 
Robinson,  Daniel  46 
Robinson,  Diana  46 
Robinson,  Hannah  46 
Roderus,  Frank 
Roger  de  Coverly  55 
Rogers,  R.  L.  70 
Rogers,  W.  A.  97 
Roosevelt  Road  18,  37 
Rood,  Rev.  John  S.  81 
Rose,  W.  H. 
Roselle  18 

Rosenweiller,  J.  R.  71 
Round  Grove  20 
Roush,  Cloyd  93 
Royal  Neighbors  85,  139,  147 
Ruddock.  Mrs.  Rhoda  62 
Ruskin  College  86 
Russell,  Anna  Boyd  65 
Ryberg,  Mrs.  John  133 
Ryder,  Wm.  77,  80 

Sabin,  John  64,  68,  73 

Sabin,  Walter  54,  57,  62,  64,  70,  71,  89 

Sag  19,  21,  52 

Saloon  88,  93 

Salt  Creek  29,  35 

"Sauganash"  Tavern  22 

Sauk  19 

Saunders  40 


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Saunders  Hall  45 

Saunders,  Dr.  James  62,  72,  73,  83,  114 

Saunders,  Mrs.  Marian  B.  127 

Saylor,  W.  F.  57 

Saxe,  Dr.  59 

Schaefer,  Mrs.  Wm.  A.  122,  144 

Schaefer,  Wm.  H.  127 

Schatz,  William  45 

Schatz,  Phillip  45 

Schatz,  Rebecca  35,  46 

Schick  19 

Schiele,  Dr.  Ill 

Schlick,  Jos.  66 

Schneider  A.  68 

Schreiber,  F.  J.  127 

Schuette,  Mrs.  Henry  58 

School  Books  47 

School  Enrollment  137 

Scott,  Gen'l  20,  23.  44 

Scott,  Stephen  J.  22 

Scott,  Robert  J.  87 

Scoop,  The  144 

Scott  Willard  17,  22,  23 

Senior  Play  134 

Service  Flag  99,  111 

Sewage  System  93 

Shattuc.  Lillian  King  122 

Shaw,  W.  W.  Jr.  140 

Sheahan,  Frank  129 

Sherman,  Marv  Ackerman  66 

Sherman,  Victor  L.  143 

Sherwin,  H.  73 

Shipman.  Mrs.  Wm.  D.  137 

Shoenfeld,  H.  66 

Sikler,  Valentine  57 

Sidewalks  87,  88 

Simons,  James  E.  Ill 

Simons,  James  E.  Jr.  112 

Simons  Studios  98,  141 

Sittyton  Farm  92 

Skinner,  Major  29 

Slawson,  James  H.  120,  142 

Smith  41,  47,  63 

Smith,  Charles  66 

Smith,  David  67 

Smith,  Dr.  Elijah  18.  44.  65,  67 

Smith,  Joseph  66.  67,  97,  128 

Smith,  Margaret  111 

Smith,  Mason  29 

Smith,  Mattie  67,  77 

Smith.  May  Somerset  66 

Smith,  Samuel  Lisle  35 

Snell,  Mrs.  Fred  137 

Soldiers'  Aid  60,  61 

Soldiers  Buried  in  Cemetery  159,  160 

Soldiers'  Pathway  127 

Somerville,  Dr.  C.  W.  89 

South  Addison  19 

Southeast  Improvement  Assn.  127,  148 

Southwest  Improvement  Assn.  137 

Spalding,  R.  V.  126 


Spaniards  17 

Spanish  American  Auxiliary  129 

Spanish-American  War  84,  125 

Spooner,  Rev.  Arthur  75 

Sprague,  Rev.  James  69 

Square  Club  125,  146 

Stacy,  Betsey  77,  81 

Stacy,  Carrie  66,  81 

Stacy,  Joan  42 

Stacy,  Kimball  39,  42 

Stacy,  Moses  31,  33,  36,  42 

Stacy  Park  77 

Stacy,  Philo  Warren  36,  42,  45,  68,  69, 

Stacy's  Corners  17,  18,  33,  42,  45,  49, 

65 
Stacy's  Tavern  36,  45 
Stage  Coach  38 
Standish,  Alfred  51,  62 
Stanton,  Thomas  92 
Stanton,  Wallace  111 
Steinberg,  August  122 

70,  73,  76,  78,  81,  90,  112 
Stetson,  Carrie  Hubbard  66 
Stevens.  Noah  29 
Stolp,  Frederick  18,  28 
St.  Aloysius  Acolyte  Society  148 
St.  Charles  38,  61 
St.  Charles  Rd.  19,  30,  33,  34,  38,  41, 

45,  65 
St.  Clair  17 
St.  James'  Church  52 
St.  Mark's  Church  63.  70.  83,  84 
St.  Petronille  122,  135,  137 
Study  Club  82,  85.  89,  92,  93,  94 
Sullivan,  James  65 
Supt.  Glen  Ellyn  Schools  120 
Surkamer.  Fred  84 
Sutcliffe.  Mrs.  John  69 
Swantosh,  Miss  Frances  77 
Sweet,  Gen'l  B.  J.  64 
Sweet's  Grove  41 
Swift  19 

Tailor  97 

Talmadge,  David  30 

Talmadge,  G.  H.  61 

Talmadge,  John  30 

Taxi  97 

Taylor,  Rev.  Philander  45 

Teachers,  School  151 

Telephone  Service  70,  82,  85,  87,  113, 

123,  137 
Templar  Club  134,  136,  140 
Temple,  Dr.  38 
Templeton,  Mrs.  Martha  69 
Thanatopsis  54 
Thiele,  L.  J.  70 
Thiele,  Mildred  122 
Thomas,  Harry  W.  Ill 
Thompson,  Dr.  John  97 
Toll  Gate  41,  45 


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Torode,  Nicholas  30 

"Town"  18 

Townsend,  O.  O.  70 

Townsend,  Oliver  145 

Trail,  Army  19,  44 

Trail,  Indian  17,  19,  20,  23,  30,  45 

Travel  Class  92 

Treadway,  R.  B.  93 

Treat,  Kate  Sheldon  89,  90,  116 

Tremont  House  56 

Tribune  37 

Turner,  Hon.  J.  B.  18.  51 

Turner  Junction  18,  50,  58,  59,  67 

Twachtman  58 

Twogood,  Capt.  46 

Tyler,  Pres.  John  44 

Uncle  Tom's  Cabin  56,  58 
Underground  Railway  35,  56 
United  Christian  Commission  61 
University  of  Illlinois  19 
Utili  Dulci  66,  67,  109 
Utt,  A.  R.  44,  70,  84,  85,  143 

Vallette,  J.  G.  51 

Vallette,  John  33 

Van  Duzer,  C.  S.  137 

Van  Tassel,  Stephen  and  Wife  62 

Van  Vilzer,  Barto  35 

Vaughn,  Fannie  66 

Vaughn,  Sarah  66 

Vernon  Estates  137 

Vesuvius  50 

Villa  Park  18 

Village  Hall  78,  125 

Votes  and  Polling  Places  140-1 

Virginia  Reel  55 

Wagner,  Frank  M.  57,  74 

Wagner,  G.  M.  H.  45,  46,  73 

Wagner,  H.  57 

Wagner,  Jesse  R.  142 

Wagner,  Joseph  68 

Wagner,  L.  J.  66 

Wagner,  Matt.  57,  65,  68.  73,  75 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Mathias  69 

Wagner,  Miss  N.  67 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Calvin  82 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Ellen  69 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Joseph  69 

Wagner,  Mrs.  Luther  35,  45,  46 

Wagner,  Wm.  H.  53,  60,  68,  71,  72,  73, 

75,  75,  77 
Walker  34 
Walker,  Alfred  18 
Walker,  Allen  R.  73 
Walker  and  Angell  123,  127 
Walker,  Dr.  H.  F.  18 
Walker,  Royal  32 
Walworth  73 
Ward,  Elijah  46 
Ward,  J.  M.  68 


Warrell,  W.  B.  75 

Warren,  Bishop  David  S.  75 

Warren,  Col.  J.  M.  19,  39 

Warrenhurst  19,  30 

Warrenville  19,  30,  39,  44 

Wassell,  Joseph  81 

Water  Street  46 

Water  System  89 

Watson,  Dr.  Allen  S.  116 

Watts,  Dr.  33 

Waubunsie,  Chief  21 

Way,  Edward  68 

Way,  Elmer  68 

Way,  Gilbert  41 

Wayne  18,  59 

Wayne  19 

Wayne  Center  19 

W.  C.  T.  U.  73,  96,  133,  148 

Webster,  Rev.  H.  S.  83 

Wegman,  H.  73 

Wehlau,  W.  H.  137 

Wehrli,  Andrew  J.  26 

Weidman,  Ella  35 

Weidman,  John  53,  60,  73 

Weidman,  Jonathan  53 

Weidman,  Rose  66,  69,  75 

Weidman,  Vallie  66 

Welch  and  Launder  50 

Wentworth,  Long  John  31 

Westbrook,  Wesley  143 

Westmont 

West  Chicago  18,  37,  50,  53,  58.  59,  67 

Wheaton  18,  19,  39,  56,  59,  63,  64 

Wheaton  College  56.  58,  59 

Wheaton  Jesse  C.  37,  39,  42,  51,  78 

Wheaton,  Warren  L.  37,  47,  51,  60 

White,  Mrs.  Rupert  137 

Whitely,  Mrs.  Paul  122 

Whiteman,  Mr.  69 

Whitlock,  Mrs.  C.  G.  118 

Whitlock,  Ogden  and  John  61 

Whitman,  Abigail  46 

Whitman,  David  46 

Whitman,  Jane  P.  46 

Whitman,  Warren  46 

Whitmore  47 

Whittemore,  M.  W.  123 

Wienke,  Mrs.  E.  J.  122 

Wilcox,  R.  A.  57 

Wilkins,  Charles  F.  62 

Wilson  and  Hantz  45 

Wilson,  Harvey  T.  18,  26 

Will  County  38 

Willcox,  Mrs.  Jay  137 

Wimpress,  Mrs.  Benjamin  69 

Wimpress,  Miss  Bertha  81 

Wimpress,  Mrs.  Hattie  29,  42,  47,  66 

Winfield  18,  56 

Winnebago  19 

Winter,  Luther,  73 


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Wise,  Edith  Quayle  144 

Woebke,  Mrs.  Pauline  79 

Woman's  Chorus  137 

Woman's  Exchange  129 

Woman's  Republican  Club  133,  149 

Woods,  Chester  143,  144 

Wooddale  19 

Woodruff,  Ralph  38 

Woodthorpe  125 

Woodworth,  Harry  29 

World  War  98,  99,  100,  101 

World  War  Home  Guards  108-9,  112 


World  War  Roll  101-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 
Wrightwood  125,  128 

Yalding,  Deacon  62,  65 

Yalding,  J.  P.  and  Wife  62 

Y.  M.  C.  A.  39 

York  17,  30 

York  Center  19,  30,  52,  53 

Zoning  116 
Zoellin,  Horace  137 
Zuttermeister,  G.  70 


Corrections:  p.  18,  Byrenville  should  read  Byrneville;  p.  20,  Indian  Signal  Hill 
should  read  3  miles  south  of  Wheaton;  p.  24,  trail  should  read  3%  miles  north 
of  Five  Corners;  p.  25,  "across  the  river  from  Joliet  Road";  p.  28,  should  read 
instead  of  "son  and  wife"  "daughter  and  husband,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell"; 
p.  45,  J.  N.  Nind;  p.  73,  William  H.  and  M.  H.  Wayne  should  read  Wagner. 


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